Stop Outlook 2003 from blocking .lnk attachment

[Fred Holmes]

Using Outlook 2003. WinXP, SP-2

I've received a message from someone with an attached .lnk file.
Outlook will not allow me to access this attachment "normally" and
provides a warning message, "Outlook blocked access to the following
potentially unsafe attachments: rand.lnk."

How do I gain access to this .lnk file? Or at least get the actual
URL text so that I can copy/paste it into my browser?

How do I stop this behavior (if the blocking is indeed being
accomplished by my PC, and not by the mail server)?

If I can read the URL, I can decide for myself whether to use it by
copy pasting it into my browser's address box.

Thanks,

Fred Holmes

 

[neo [mvp outlook]]

http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/esecup/getexe.htm

Please keep in mind that *.LNK files are like executables to Windows and
with today's worms and viruses that can spoof the sender address, I wouldn't
trust the attachment unless it was scanned by current antivirus and had a
confirmation from the sender that they really sent it.