Can't view MDBs

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Tim Cali

I received an email from a colleague with an MDB attached, I opened it in
Outlook 2000 SR3 and the MDB was not available. There was a header:

"Outlook blocked access to the following potentially unsafe attachments:
xxx.mdb"

My workaround was to import the message into Outlook Express, which I think
is a boneheaded way to solve this.
If Microsoft is going to go to the trouble to "protect" us from horrible
MDBs, then why don't they take the extra step and implement a way that I can
specify which files, IF ANY, I want blocked.

By the way the only reason I downloaded SP3 was to update my system from all
of the security holes that Microsoft exposed.

So my question is this:

is there any way around this? Must I restore my SP1 image to get normal
functionality? I read that there are some 3rd party tools that can help, but
the idea of adding a 3rd party tool to let me view my attachments in an
email application is absurd.
 
Problem solved. I downloaded Eudora and it doesn't have these restrictions.
Still like to know if there is a way around it.

I found the help file laughable:

--------------------
Level 1
you cannot see or access the attachment. Your Inbox will display the
paperclip icon in the Attachment column to let you know that the message has
an attachment, and you will see a list of the blocked attachment files in
the InfoBar at the top of your message
--------------------

I love this part:

"...to let you know that the message has an attachment..." (but you can't
have them)
 
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