Hyperlink in email problem

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Angie

I am unable to access any hyperlinks in emails. For example, to be removed
from a mailing list request. For those links I can see, it has "blocked" at
the front. I am having this issue with my outlook both at home and at work.
Any idea how to change this?
 
Angie said:
I am unable to access any hyperlinks in emails. For example, to be removed
from a mailing list request. For those links I can see, it has "blocked" at
the front. I am having this issue with my outlook both at home and at work.
Any idea how to change this?
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What happens when you click on them? Any error message?
Which version of Outlook are you using? Outlook 2003?
Often the "blocked" notification does not actually block them.

When you open the message via a double click, you can change your security
zone to the Internet Zone via the View menu.
If you do that, does it work correctly then?
 
Angie said:
I am unable to access any hyperlinks in emails. For example, to be removed
from a mailing list request. For those links I can see, it has "blocked" at
the front. I am having this issue with my outlook both at home and at work.
Any idea how to change this?
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Perhaps the e-mail is in your Junk folder where links get disabled because
they're unlikely to be safe considering why the e-mail got junked. Have you
tried moving the e-mail out of the Junk folder and into another email-type
folder (Inbox or another email folder you create)?

Or perhaps the sender pasted the link from somewhere else rather than enter
their own hyperlink text. Try the following:

- Copy the URL string from the e-mail and paste into the address bar in
the web browser and edit out the "blocked:" prefix.

- See if viewing the HTML-formatted e-mail in the Internet security zone
eliminates the problem (View -> View in Internet Zone).
*WARNING: Be aware that you will be viewing that HTML-formatted e-mail
with far less restrictions which means you are more
vulnerable to its content.

Also see:
http://www.slipstick.com/mail1/blocked.htm
 
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