Outlook Express security

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Wendy

After installing a new mouse, I find there have been
changes in Windows. I am now getting a message in OE
that says..."OE removed access to the following unsafe
attachments in your mail." A while back I corrected this
to receive attachments (when I feel secure about the
sender), but now cannot remember how I did it. Help!
 
Wendy said:
After installing a new mouse, I find there have been
changes in Windows. I am now getting a message in OE
that says..."OE removed access to the following unsafe
attachments in your mail." A while back I corrected this
to receive attachments (when I feel secure about the
sender), but now cannot remember how I did it. Help!
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Outlook Express' default security settings are simply trying to
protect the recipient. 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 he trusts 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

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Wendy said:
After installing a new mouse, I find there have been
changes in Windows. I am now getting a message in OE
that says..."OE removed access to the following unsafe
attachments in your mail." A while back I corrected this
to receive attachments (when I feel secure about the
sender), but now cannot remember how I did it. Help!
Click to expand...

Tools / Options / Security / and uncheck Do not allow attachments...

--
Paul Smith,
Yeovil, UK.
http://windows.dasmirnov.net/ Windows XP Resource Site.

*Replace nospam with smirnov to reply by e-mail*
 
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Wendy said:
After installing a new mouse, I find there have been
changes in Windows. I am now getting a message in OE
that says..."OE removed access to the following unsafe
attachments in your mail." A while back I corrected this
to receive attachments (when I feel secure about the
sender), but now cannot remember how I did it. Help!
Click to expand...


This has nothing to do with your new mouse. 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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Wendy said:
Ken,

Thanks so much for taking the time to reply. Wendy
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You're welcome, Wendy. Glad to help.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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Bruce Chambers said:
Outlook Express' default security settings are simply trying to
protect the recipient. 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 he trusts 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

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Bruce Chambers

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You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
having
both at once. - RAH
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I'd rather be a freeman any day.... you must be willing to die for
Freedom..or you can't have it. - William Cooper

"Those who trade Liberty for Security will have neither".... Ben Franklin
 
Wendy said:
*After installing a new mouse, I find there have been
changes in Windows. I am now getting a message in OE
that says..."OE removed access to the following unsafe
attachments in your mail." A while back I corrected this
to receive attachments (when I feel secure about the
sender), but now cannot remember how I did it. Help! *
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You need to open My Computer then go to Tools>Folder Options and clic
on file types. Then from the list of file types, you need to selec
what type of file type you need to open after downloading attachment t
outlook express. Go to the advanced tab and select the first option t
confirm after download


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batman3500
 
batman35001 said:
You need to open My Computer then go to Tools>Folder Options and click
on file types. Then from the list of file types, you need to select
what type of file type you need to open after downloading attachment
to outlook express. Go to the advanced tab and select the first
option to confirm after download.
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What rubbish. In OE go to Tools-Options-Security and uncheck the box that
says "do not allow attachments........"
 
batman35001 said:
You need to open My Computer then go to Tools>Folder Options and click
on file types. Then from the list of file types, you need to select
what type of file type you need to open after downloading attachment
to outlook express. Go to the advanced tab and select the first
option to confirm after download.
Click to expand...

What rubbish. The OP needs to open OE and go to Tools-Options-Security and
uncheck the box that
says "do not allow attachments........"
 
batman35001 said:
You need to open My Computer then go to Tools>Folder Options and click
on file types. Then from the list of file types, you need to select
what type of file type you need to open after downloading attachment
to outlook express. Go to the advanced tab and select the first
option to confirm after download.
Click to expand...

What rubbish. The OP needs to open OE and go to Tools-Options-Security and
uncheck the box that
says "do not allow attachments........"
 
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