Outlook should let me to see .mdb attachments from trusted source

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Outlook assumes that all .mdb contgain level I security threat. There is
currently no provision for the user to disable this for tursted sources.

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http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...-afeb-6f0211e25f21&dg=microsoft.public.access
 
Bruce,

You can use WinZip to pack up the Access database before adding it as an
attachment.

Not only does this allow Outlook to send it, but it also compacts it before
sending, so it is smaller for the receiver when they receive their messages.

Santara
 
There are ways to do this using Exchange Server or System Policies. For more
information on doing this, I recommend the Exchange or Outlook newsgroups.
This actually has nothing to do with Access, it is simply that Outlook
blocks certain file extensions. Zipping the file as Santara recommended is
actually an excellent idea for database files. They frequently compress 4:1,
so you get a BIG reduction in the attachment size. Simply renaming the file
with a different extension (as long as it's not one of the other extensions
that Outlook blocks) may help also.

If you need immediate access to a file you have received, try opening
Outlook Express and have it import the mail from Outlook. In the
Tools|Options|Security tab in OE, you can turn off the attachment blocking.
This works because the attachment is still there, Outlook just won't let you
see it.
 
Microsoft
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=290497

and Slipstick
http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/esecup/getexe.htm#ol2002

have released information on how to unblock Access .MDB Attachments in
Outlook, if you don't have an Exchange Admin who does this stuff for you:

1. Run Regedit, and go to this key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Outlook\Security
(change 10.0 to 9.0 for Outlook 2000 SP3 or to 11.0 for Outlook 2003`fs)

2. Under that key, add a new string value named Level1Remove.

3. For the value for Level1Remove, enter a semicolon-delimited list of file
extensions.
For example, entering this:
..mdb;.url
would unblock Microsoft Access files and Internet shortcuts.

(david)

PS: Microsoft still maintains the amusing position that MDB files are a
potential security threat, but DOC files are not :)
 
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