Re: Outlook 2000 on Windows XP blocks file attachments

From: Me (reply_in@newsgroup.only)
Date: 08/31/02 

From: "Me" <reply_in@newsgroup.only>
Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2002 09:33:27 -0400

Hi Patrick,

A different extension is probably better than no extension. We block
attachments with no extension because they sometimes look like this:

badprog.exe.

Notice the trailing period. One of our users saw the extra period, assumed
it was a mistake, renamed it and executed it. Desktop AV caught it.

Ray

"Patrick Ip" <patrick@picsinc.com> wrote in message
news:uxfVJQJUCHA.2976@tkmsftngp12...
> Probably not since it is set up by the network administrator at your
> company. But you can always rename the attachments to have no extension
> first. Just remember to rename them when you receive them at home.
>
> "BillAird" <bill.aird@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:a8cc01c25063$bc46b4d0$a5e62ecf@tkmsftngxa07...
> > Sometimes when I send files from my PC at work to my home
> > e-mail, the file attachments are blocked by Outlook
> > because they are "potentially unsafe". This more or less
> > defeats the purpose of having e-mail, because I then have
> > to copy the file onto a disk and bring it home with me.
> > Both my work location and home location are protected
> > with updated McAfee virus software. Is there any way I
> > can stop this blocking of attachments?
>
>

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