OE removed access to unsafe attachment in your mail

[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...

[Rifleman]

[This followup was posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers and a
copy was sent to the cited author.]

In article >,
says...
> 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...
>
>
>
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.

[joy]

THANKS! it did solved my problem. :)


Subject: Re: OE removed access to unsafe attachment in
your mail
From: "Rifleman" > Sent: 8/18/2003
11:50:52 PM




[This followup was posted to
microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers and a
copy was sent to the cited author.]

In article >,
says...
> 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...
>
>
>
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.
..

[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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"joy" > wrote in message
...
> 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...
>
>