Opening Outlook Express Attachments

[Herb]

Greetings: Each time I receive an e-mail attachment I
get a message: OE removed access to the following unsafe
attachment in your mail. The attachments are ones I'm
expecting! Where are they put so I can retrieve them?
Does something need to be reconfigured here?
Thanks for HELP. hs

 

[Chris Lanier]

Cannot Open E-Mail Attachments in Outlook Express After You Install SP1
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=329570

 

[Torgeir Bakken (MVP)]

Greetings: Each time I receive an e-mail attachment I
get a message: OE removed access to the following unsafe
attachment in your mail. The attachments are ones I'm
expecting! Where are they put so I can retrieve them?
Does something need to be reconfigured here?
Thanks for HELP. hs

Hi

This is fixed with some simple menu choices

Cannot Open E-Mail Attachments in OE After You Install SP1
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;329570

Information About the Unsafe File List in Internet Explorer 6
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;291369

OLEXP Using Virus Protection Features in Outlook Express 6
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;291387

 

[Mike G]

Go to tools/options/security and uncheck box about attachments...

 

[Herb]

Thanks much!

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Cannot Open E-Mail Attachments in Outlook Express After You Install SP1
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=329570




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[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Outlook Express' default security settings are simply trying to
protect you. OE has no way of telling whether an attachment actually
contains a virus or not, so it temporarily blocks any of those file
types that could potentially contain a virus. In Outlook Express,
Tools > Options > Security, uncheck the "Do not allow attachments to
be saved or opened that could potentially be a virus" option, assuming
you trust the source, of course. The wiser course of action, however,
would be to modify your list of unsafe files, as outlined in the KB
articles below:

Cannot Open E-Mail Attachments in OE After You Install SP1
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q329570

Information About the Unsafe File List in Internet Explorer 6
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;291369

OLEXP Using Virus Protection Features in Outlook Express 6
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;291387


Bruce Chambers

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