Outlook Express - Attachments to email

[riley]

Outlook Express keeps removing attachments to my email
that I am sending out. The attachments are all documents
are word processing documents that I've created. The
message from OE in my email is that it's removed access to
the unsafe attachment. Why is OE removing the attachment
and how can this problem be rectified?

 

[Wesley Vogel]

riley;

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

Can't Open Attachments in Outlook Express 6
http://www.pchell.com/support/oesecurity.shtml

 

[Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP Windows Shell/User\)]

Attachments can be very unsafe which is why new systems by default are set
to prevent opening them.

In Outlook Express, go to Tools, select Options, go to the Security tab,
remove the check from "Do not allow attachments to be saved or opened that
potentially could be a virus" and click apply and ok.

I think that should allow you to send attachments but it also makes your
system vulnerable. Be sure to
save attachments before opening them and scan them with up to date antivirus
software. NOTE: most viruses are transmitted by friends, family and people
we know because once they are infected, the viruses usually access all the
addresses in their address book and send themselves to everyone else. That
is how these viruses propagate.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

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Outlook Express keeps removing attachments to my email
that I am sending out. The attachments are all documents
are word processing documents that I've created. The
message from OE in my email is that it's removed access to
the unsafe attachment. Why is OE removing the attachment
and how can this problem be rectified?

Starting with SP1, Outlook Express does this by default, for any
file type which *can* contain a virus. It's not a virus checker,
doesn't actually check the attachments, and this doesn't mean
that there actually is a virus there.

Such attachments *are* very risky. You often see advice not to
open attachments from people you don't know. I think that that's
one of the most dangerous pieces of advice you see around,
because it implies that it's safe to do the opposite--open
attachments from friends and relatives. But many viruses spread
by sending themselves to everyone in the infected party's address
book, so attachments received from friends are perhaps the *most*
risky to open.

Personally I think what Outlook Express does is good; I never
open executable attachments at all, except from a *very* few
trusted sources, and then only when I'm expecting them. But if
you want to remove this safeguard, it's easy to do so: go to
Tools | Options, and on the security tab, uncheck "Do not allow
attachments..."

 

[Jim Macklin]

Outlook Express does not remove attachments that you send,
Outlook Express may block opening attachments when you get
an email or email that you send may be blocked by the
Outlook Express on their computer. Some ISPs might be
removing infected attachments.


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message | In | riley <[email protected]> typed:
|
| > Outlook Express keeps removing attachments to my email
| > that I am sending out. The attachments are all
documents
| > are word processing documents that I've created. The
| > message from OE in my email is that it's removed access
to
| > the unsafe attachment. Why is OE removing the
attachment
| > and how can this problem be rectified?
|
|
| Starting with SP1, Outlook Express does this by default,
for any
| file type which *can* contain a virus. It's not a virus
checker,
| doesn't actually check the attachments, and this doesn't
mean
| that there actually is a virus there.
|
| Such attachments *are* very risky. You often see advice
not to
| open attachments from people you don't know. I think that
that's
| one of the most dangerous pieces of advice you see around,
| because it implies that it's safe to do the opposite--open
| attachments from friends and relatives. But many viruses
spread
| by sending themselves to everyone in the infected party's
address
| book, so attachments received from friends are perhaps the
*most*
| risky to open.
|
| Personally I think what Outlook Express does is good; I
never
| open executable attachments at all, except from a *very*
few
| trusted sources, and then only when I'm expecting them.
But if
| you want to remove this safeguard, it's easy to do so: go
to
| Tools | Options, and on the security tab, uncheck "Do not
allow
| attachments..."
|
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| Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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