attachment accessibility

I cannot open attachments.I continually get a message that
reads:
"OE removed access to the following unsafe attachments in y
our mail."
But they're never unsafe. It removes ALL attachments that
friends and family send.
How do I undo whatever I've done?????

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...;en-us;Q329570

Information About the Unsafe File List in Internet Explorer 6
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;291369

OLEXP Using Virus Protection Features in Outlook Express 6
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;291387


Bruce Chambers

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I cannot open attachments.I continually get a message that
reads:
"OE removed access to the following unsafe attachments in y
our mail."
But they're never unsafe. It removes ALL attachments that
friends and family send.
How do I undo whatever I've done?????