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| 224037 | 2004-03-21 00:17:00 | I recently had my computer reformatted and since then I have noticed a lot of emails are showing they have attachments, but there is a note to say that "Outlook Express has removed access to unsafe attachments in your mail". They have all been jokes, etc. from friends who have safely sent me stuff before, and I never had this happen before. I'm assuming it's a security function that has perhaps been 'ticked' by the guy who fixed my computer, but I don't know how to change it. Can anyone point me in the right direction to alter this so I can once again receive these emails? Or am I being protected and should leave well alone? |
write-click (2248) | ||
| 224038 | 2004-03-21 00:22:00 | write-click, To see the blocked attachments in Outlook Express. Start OE click on TOOLS | OPTIONS | SECURITY then unselect the radio-button option "Do not allow attachments to be saved or opened that could potentially be a virus". Click OK to close your options and then you will be able to open those attachments. However it is a good idea to normally have the option ticked, and just change it for those emails you want. Cheers, Babe |
Babe Ruth (416) | ||
| 224039 | 2004-03-21 00:29:00 | Thanks Babe Ruth, I had been on the right track - I had gone into the security tab and saw that button but didn't want to uncheck it in case it then allowed suspect attachments to be opened. If I get anything from an address I don't know and it has an attachment, I usually delete them anyway, but this person regularly sends me emails and I've never had any trouble with them. Thanks for the extremely prompt advice! |
write-click (2248) | ||
| 224040 | 2004-03-21 06:15:00 | > If I get anything from an address I don't know and it has an attachment, I usually delete them anyway, but this person regularly sends me emails and I've never had any trouble with them. There is always a first time. ;-) It is a good idea to ALWAYS save attachments to your hard drive and scan them with an up-to-date anti-virus before opening them. The ones you plan to view/open, that is. That way you should never be caught out by a virus that has sneaked past your contact's AV behind their back. |
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