Why does my outlook express erase attachments?

[seb]

When I receive mails to my mailbox in outlokk express the
attachments gets erased, why is that? What can i do about
it?

[Longhorn]

No, it does not get erased. It's still there - OE is basically smarter than
you by preventing you from running potentially harmful content.

Tools / Options / Security ...uncheck the appropriate checkbox.

"seb" > wrote in message
...
> When I receive mails to my mailbox in outlokk express the
> attachments gets erased, why is that? What can i do about
> it?

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Outlook Express hasn't "erased" anything.

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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"seb" > wrote in message
...
> When I receive mails to my mailbox in outlokk express the
> attachments gets erased, why is that? What can i do about
> it?