Transfer from OE WIN 2000Pro to Vista

[Not Me]

Check your security settings in Windows Mail.
There is a checkbox to block 'unsafe' messages. Uncheck the box.

 

[Frank]

I tried to e-mail from my old computer to this new HP Computer with Vista
and Windows mail... the e-mail comes in ok but Windows mail puts a yellow
bar above the message and states"windows mail has removed an unsafe
attachment" and I am unable to open the attachment even tnough I know the
file is ok.
How do I get windows mail to allow these files to be opened?
Thanks
Muff

 

[Frank]

Thanks, Not you, that did the trick.
Muff

Check your security settings in Windows Mail.
There is a checkbox to block 'unsafe' messages. Uncheck the box.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Thanks, Not you, that did the trick.

Bear in mind, however, that this let the particular attachment through
that you knew was safe, but with that choice unchecked, it will also
let through other attachments that you *don't* know are safe.

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.

Even if the attachment legitimately comes from a friend, it can
contain a virus. I'm not suggesting that a friend is likely to send
you a virus on purpose, but if the friend is infected without
realizing it, any attachment he sends you is likely to also be
infected.

Personally I never open attachments at all, except from a *very* few
trusted sources, and then only when I'm expecting them.

 

[wallaby]

Right on - I got one in a mail from my sister, in which she told me her
system had been infected.
..
wallaby

 

[Paul Montgomery]

Right on - I got one in a mail from my sister, in which she told me her
system had been infected.

Nobody - except really old farts - say "right on" any longer

That went out with "You bet your bippy" <g>

 

[Not Me]

Bear in mind, however, that this let the particular attachment through
that you knew was safe, but with that choice unchecked, it will also
let through other attachments that you *don't* know are safe.

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.

Even if the attachment legitimately comes from a friend, it can
contain a virus. I'm not suggesting that a friend is likely to send
you a virus on purpose, but if the friend is infected without
realizing it, any attachment he sends you is likely to also be
infected.

Personally I never open attachments at all, except from a *very* few
trusted sources, and then only when I'm expecting them.

I just answered the OPs question, without the security lecture.
Since these were existing files imported from an old system, I was guessing
that they had already been opened at some point and were thus either safe,
or he was already hopelessly infected.
I open attachments, but after saving to disk and scanning.
If in doubt, I transfer them to my sandbox machine and open them.