OUTLOOK EXPRESS - Incoming Attachments

[owen neary]

Hi

I am a new XP user.

Every time I receive an e mail with an attachment, the
attachment has been removed, and the following message is
displayed below the icons of the toolbar;-

"OE has removed the following unsafe attachments in your
e mail"

Some of are attachments which have already been opened in
Outlook Express on another PC and forwarded on to me.

Any help would be gratefully received.

Owen

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Owen,

Click tools/options/security, uncheck "do not allow attachments to be
saved....".

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"owen neary" > wrote in message
...
> Hi
>
> I am a new XP user.
>
> Every time I receive an e mail with an attachment, the
> attachment has been removed, and the following message is
> displayed below the icons of the toolbar;-
>
> "OE has removed the following unsafe attachments in your
> e mail"
>
> Some of are attachments which have already been opened in
> Outlook Express on another PC and forwarded on to me.
>
> Any help would be gratefully received.
>
> Owen
>
>
>

[Ronnie Vernon MVP]

owen neary wrote:
> Hi
>
> I am a new XP user.
>
> Every time I receive an e mail with an attachment, the
> attachment has been removed, and the following message is
> displayed below the icons of the toolbar;-
>
> "OE has removed the following unsafe attachments in your
> e mail"
>
> Some of are attachments which have already been opened in
> Outlook Express on another PC and forwarded on to me.
>
> Any help would be gratefully received.
>

Owen

This a security feature in Outlook Express that is set to On, by default.
You can turn it off in Tools/Options/Security Tab. Remove the check mark
from the "Do not allow attachments........." option.

Make sure that you check any attachments with your anti-virus program before
they are opened, regardless of who you think may have sent them.

--
Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
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[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP]

"owen neary" > wrote in message

> Hi
>
> I am a new XP user.
>
> Every time I receive an e mail with an attachment, the
> attachment has been removed, and the following message is
> displayed below the icons of the toolbar;-
>
> "OE has removed the following unsafe attachments in your
> e mail"
>
> Some of are attachments which have already been opened in
> Outlook Express on another PC and forwarded on to me.
>
> Any help would be gratefully received.
>
> Owen

That is NOT what the message says.

In OE go to Tools | Options | Security and uncheck "Do not allow
attachments...".

Please read these articles:

Using Virus Protection Features in Outlook Express 6
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=291387
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=329570
and http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/faqs/why.htm#oe6attach

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Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
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[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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"owen neary" > wrote in message
...
> Hi
>
> I am a new XP user.
>
> Every time I receive an e mail with an attachment, the
> attachment has been removed, and the following message is
> displayed below the icons of the toolbar;-
>
> "OE has removed the following unsafe attachments in your
> e mail"
>
> Some of are attachments which have already been opened in
> Outlook Express on another PC and forwarded on to me.
>
> Any help would be gratefully received.
>
> Owen
>
>
>