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Webmaster Forum / Browsers / Internet Explorer / December 2005OE "Unsafe Attachment"
I received two emails yesterday, each with an attachment. However, the attachment bar on the first read "OE removed access to the following unsafe attachments in your email: xxxxxx.exe". The attachment on the second was OK. I use Norton IS and it found nothing. I was unaware that OE had any settings that "screened" such attachments. I am assuming that since the file was an *.exe file, that was the reason. Is there some other underlying reason why it would be "removed" since this file was from a valid source? Bill I can't speak for Microsoft but I am familiar with this because I've experienced it many times. I believe your reasoning is correct. OE recognizes the ".exe" extension as an executable file and will not allow you to open it. The file is on your computer. Outlook Express just hides it from your view and forces you to proactively retrieve it. I no longer use OE but if I recall there are a couple of ways to deal with this: 1. Tools>Options>Security> and remove the check in the box "Do not allow attachments to be saved or opened that could potentially be a virus." 2. I believe that if you click on the button to "Forward" the message, the attachment filename and icon will be displayed in the "attachment" area of the new e-mail. It's a "quick and dirty way" to open it without changing your security settings (and potentially forgetting to set them back to the preferred, safe setting). >I received two emails yesterday, each with an attachment. However, the > attachment bar on the first read "OE removed access to the following [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Bill Hi Wilfred, Thanks for your reply! I tried your No. 2 fix and you are correct - the file does appear! I prefer to leave the check box on "Do not allow attachments to be saved or opened that could potentially be a virus", just as an added safety measure. In the interim, I had the original sender send me a zipped copy of the "unsafe" file and it worked OK. Bill >I can't speak for Microsoft but I am familiar with this because I've >experienced it many times. I believe your reasoning is correct. OE [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] >> >> Bill Apparently, there is a snag here - you can see the file, open it at your own risk, but the "Save As" is greyed-out! Bill >Hi Wilfred, > [quoted text clipped - 39 lines] >>> >>> Bill Microsoft often misses the mark when it comes to making software intuitive. I often have to retrain myself on how to use their programs because I rely on things to work the way one would expect them to, for example, right-clicking on the attachment icon should allow one to save the attachment. Obviously it's been grayed out forcing users to hunt around for a way to do save a file that is already residing on the computer. After a little bit of playing with it, I found a "Save attachments as" option in the File menu. It works. Click on File> Save Attachments > Apparently, there is a snag here - you can see the file, open it at your > own [quoted text clipped - 58 lines] >>>> >>>> Bill |
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