OE removed access to following unsafe attachments

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Help I cannot view my attachments,the above error message is shown
When you click on the paper clip the attachment details are shown but you cannot view the attachmen

how can i resove this?
 
Hi richard,

In OE, go to Tools>Options>Security tab and uncheck the checkbox beside "Do
not allow attachments to be saved or opened that could potentially be a
virus", click on Apply then OK.


Regards,
 
Patti MacLeod said:
Hi richard,

In OE, go to Tools>Options>Security tab and uncheck the checkbox beside "Do
not allow attachments to be saved or opened that could potentially be a
virus", click on Apply then OK.


Regards,
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Hi,

Iv`e got the opposite to Richard. I can not disable "Do not allow
attachments to be saved or opened that could potentially be a virus". Even
though it`s ticked. How i fix this ? Can it be done in the registry ?

Regards

Paul
 
Hi Paul,

Yes, you should be able to work around that with a registry edit. With OE
closed, open the registry editor and navigate to:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER>Identities>{GUID}>Software>Microsoft>OutlookExpress>5.0>Ma
il

Look in the right hand pane for the value "Safe Attachments" and then
right-click on that value, select Modify and change the Value data from 1 to
0
Close the registry editor and then open OE and see if the checkmark beside
"Do not allow attachments to be saved....." has been cleared.


Regards,
 
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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Patti MacLeod said:
Hi Paul,

Yes, you should be able to work around that with a registry edit. With OE
closed, open the registry editor and navigate to:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER>Identities>{GUID}>Software>Microsoft>OutlookExpress>5.0>Ma
il

Look in the right hand pane for the value "Safe Attachments" and then
right-click on that value, select Modify and change the Value data from 1 to
0
Close the registry editor and then open OE and see if the checkmark beside
"Do not allow attachments to be saved....." has been cleared.


Regards,
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Thanks Patti , That helped a lot :)
 
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