Outlook Express

[mike]

I just installed Windows XP. Works great. One problem,
Outlook Express is blocking my acess to attached files in
the messages I recieve.....Help.

Mike

[Ken Blake]

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mike > typed:

> I just installed Windows XP. Works great. One problem,
> Outlook Express is blocking my acess to attached files in
> the messages I recieve.....Help.


Starting with SP1, Outlook Express does this by default, for any
file type which *can* contain a virus. It's not a virus checker,
doesn't actually check the attachments, and this doesn't mean
that there actually is a virus there.



Such attachments *are* very risky. You often see advice not to
open attachments from people you don't know. I think that that's
one of the most dangerous pieces of advice you see around,
because it implies that it's safe to do the opposite--open
attachments from friends and relatives. But many viruses spread
by sending themselves to everyone in the infected party's address
book, so attachments received from friends are perhaps the *most*
risky to open.



Personally I never open executable attachments at all, except
from a *very* few trusted sources, and then only when I'm
expecting them. But if you want to remove this safeguard, it's
easy to do so: go to Tools | Options, and on the security tab,
uncheck "Do not allow attachments..."


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Ken Blake
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[Sharon F]

On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 09:30:49 -0700, mike wrote:

> I just installed Windows XP. Works great. One problem,
> Outlook Express is blocking my acess to attached files in
> the messages I recieve.....Help.
>
> Mike

In an OE window, click on Tools> Options> Security. Make the necessary
change (uncheck a box) not to block attachments that could cause a virus.

--
Sharon F
MS-MVP - Windows XP Shell/User

[Bruce Chambers]

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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"mike" > wrote in message
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> I just installed Windows XP. Works great. One problem,
> Outlook Express is blocking my acess to attached files in
> the messages I recieve.....Help.
>
> Mike

[Patrick]

mike wrote:
> I just installed Windows XP. Works great. One problem,
> Outlook Express is blocking my acess to attached files in
> the messages I recieve.....Help.
>
> Mike

Goto to link below and scroll to bottom of page;

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;en-gb;winxpfaq

or if above link dosen't work then use link below;

http://tinyurl.com/osvp