Wendy said:
I installed a new mouse and now OE has been changed. I
now get the message..."OE removed access to the following
unsafe attachments in your mail." Where do I go to take
off this filter? I am careful what I open and also have
good anti-virus software. Help!
Wendy
I don't see how changing a mouse could possibly re-enable OE's
default security settings after you'd already turned them off. (For
that matter, I'm not sure why, as you'd disabled the default security
settings once before, you'd need to ask how to do so again.)
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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