OE removed access to unsafe attachment in your mail

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joy

how am i supposed to read the attachemnts when Outlook
Express remove access to them even without my consent? i
am sure that the attachment is from "safe" sources. and
why is it that mostly pdf files are removed? does this
have something to do with my having a windows XP home
edition OS? how will i retrieve those attachments and set
OE to allow access to all attachments in the future except
suspected virus-ladden files? pls help...
 
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how am i supposed to read the attachemnts when Outlook
Express remove access to them even without my consent? i
am sure that the attachment is from "safe" sources. and
why is it that mostly pdf files are removed? does this
have something to do with my having a windows XP home
edition OS? how will i retrieve those attachments and set
OE to allow access to all attachments in the future except
suspected virus-ladden files? pls help...
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There are OVER 120,000 hits on Google for this, THOUSANDS and THOUSANDS
of posts on ALL the Outlook and Outlook Express groups, and finally, try
reading your Help-Readme file.
 
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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