OE is blocking attachments

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d enright

Can anyone tell me how to find out why Outlook Express is
denying access to pictures that my daughter is sending
with email? This hasn't happended before, and I wondered
if anyone knew how to check security settings for Outlook
Express that might somehow be different from the regular
security settings for internet?
 
I use to have that problem even before the virus, somehow a
security options box had gotten check to block attachments,
here's how I fixed: in your Outlook express mailbox, go
to TOOLS, OPTIONS, then click on the SECURITY tab, uncheck
"Do not allow attachments to be saved or opened that could
potentially be a virus", doing this this will again allow
you to access your attachments. hope this helps.
 
Greetings --

Outlook Express' default security settings are simply trying to
protect you. 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
you trust 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


Bruce Chambers

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