Re: Cannot open attachments
anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com
Date: 03/24/04
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Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 05:56:23 -0800
I view all email in text only, the way it was meant to be.
Additionally, i closed the preview window on email, so i
have to actually open them to read. Clicking on them, i
can delete without even seeing the text. This has worked
fine for ages, until one day i could not open
attachments ....
I still say it was a bad idea, your kludge around it works
but takes too many steps for my tastes. I also think
showing html by default and running scripts are bad ideas,
but not in the top 10 like the attachment thingy, just
more eye candy to degrade performance. Ignorant users are
going to get viruses. You cant stop this. Now, we have a
setting that confuses them, they get here, we tell them to
uncheck it, and they are right back where they were before
the patch, except they lost some productivity getting the
fix...
Oh, and another top 10 dumb idea:
the shscrap thing. who wants an EXECUTABLE, HIDDEN,NO
MATTER WHAT YOU DO CANNOT SEE THE TYPE FILE????????? This
caused one of the only viruses I have ever had. Because it
was on by default, and the extension was hidden beyond
anything I have ever seen. And the virus was newer than
norton's definations when I got it.
In general Im a MS fan, but any large company is going to
have a bad idea or two. Its not an insult, or not meant
to be. And of course you can't please everyone =)
>-----Original Message-----
>The settings can be easily changed. Remember, people also
complain to the
>heavens when virus-laden attachments open automatically,
and a lot of people
>weren't being very careful about opening attachments.
It's impossible to
>please everyone.
>
>Personally, I like to leave the settings as they are - if
you hit Forward on
>a message, you can open the attachment from there, then
close the forwarded
>message without sending. If you disable the security
feature, make *sure*
>you have good antivirus software that scans email, and
that you keep it
>updated.
>
>anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com wrote:
>> This is one of the top ten stupidest ideas MS has ever
>> had. It causes all kinds of problems and confuses the
>> people who needed it the most, ignorant users. It
annoys
>> smart users, but only once thankfully. Hear us MS: we
>> dont need kiddy baby sitting, we need better education,
>> maybe a popup (once!) warning, but not behind you back
>> setttings that have to be found. Think before you do!
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> This was done as a security precaution due to the high
probability
>>> of a user being infected with a worm or virus by
opening an email
>> attachment often appearing to come
>>> form a trusted source. See the KB link below how to
>> change the setting BUT be sure to
>>> use a quality up to date anti virus program that also
scans all of
>>> your emails. --- Steve
>>>
>>> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;%
5bLN% 5d;Q329570
>>> http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/
>>>
>>> "Michele" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
in message
>>> news:1178901c4104c$e89abb30$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>>>> I get email from friends with attachements but I
cannot
>>>> open any of them. What am I doing wrong? I get
message
>>>> the OE has removed access, can I change this and how?
>>>
>>>
>>> .
>
>
>.
>
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