Problem receiving attachments

[Guest]

I’m having problems receiving certain kinds of email attachments. I’ve just
sent a test email with 7 attachments to my computer. The file extensions
were:
..doc
..xls
..pps
..bmp
..lim
..pdf
..htm

The first three files were sent and received correctly. The other four file
names are visible when I click the attachments icon, but in grey so that I
can’t open or save them.

My programme is Outlook Express 6 (recently upgraded from 5.0). System is
Windows 98. I’m guessing there’s a default setting that blocks certain kinds
of files, but I can’t work out how to check this. Any ideas?

(PS - I hope I'm in the right discussion group! I looked for an Outlook
Express listing but couldn't find anything)

 

[AndreasRoeder]

I’m having problems receiving certain kinds of email attachments.
I’ve just sent a test email with 7 attachments to my computer. The
file extensions were:
.doc
.xls
.pps
.bmp
.lim
.pdf
.htm

The first three files were sent and received correctly. The other
four file names are visible when I click the attachments icon, but in
grey so that I can’t open or save them.

My programme is Outlook Express 6 (recently upgraded from 5.0).
System is Windows 98. I’m guessing there’s a default setting that
blocks certain kinds of files, but I can’t work out how to check
this. Any ideas?

(PS - I hope I'm in the right discussion group! I looked for an
Outlook Express listing but couldn't find anything)

Hi,
have you checked Tools > options > security tab?

 

[Guest]

Yes I had, but it hadn't made any difference - but this time it has, all is
fixed! Maybe I didn't apply the changed settings.
Thanks for your help.