Re: removing access to unsafe attachments

From: Sandi - Microsoft MVP (sandi_hardmeier_at_mvps.org)
Date: 06/15/03 

Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2003 16:37:39 +0800

http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/Darnit.htm#unsafe 

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Sandi Hardmeier - Microsoft MVP since 1999
http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer
"jg" <jgianvito@comcast.net> wrote in message 
news:032201c331f0$d4566650$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> Thanks for your reply.  I tried your suggestion and do not
> see any reference to "do not allow attachments to be saved
> or opened".  Is there some other phrase that I would look
> for that would mean the same thing?
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >W wolnej burzy wypowiedzi przedstawionej w
> >:043101c330d7$55992e70$a001280a@phx.gbl,
> >JG <jgianvito@comcast.net> wyrazil co nastepuje:
> >> Since downloading Outlook Express 6 I frequently get
> >> messages that "OE removed access to the following unsafe
> >> attachments in your mail -------".  I realize this is a
> >> security issue but it seems to happen too frequently,
> even
> >> on what seem to be benign attachments (also, some times
> >> the message appears but the attachment can still be
> >> read).  Should I disable this feature, and if so, how
> do I
> >> do it?
> >
> >You should look a few posts earlier to the thread "can't
> open attachements".
> >
> >This is OE security feature - to disable this navigate
> to  Tools ->
> >Options -> Security, clear check box "Do not allow
> >attachements to be saved or opened ....
> >
> >
> >--
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> >http://www.w2k.pl/
> >
> >
> >
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> >.
> >

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