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Thread ID: 30641 2003-02-26 07:59:00 MS Outlook Dropping off Received Attachments Dnoald (240) Press F1
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124134 2003-02-26 07:59:00 I am lost for a direction.
Operating sys. Win XP-Home
ISP is xtra
System Security has been lowered to "Medium"
Problem is when receiving e-mail attachments eg Word Doc or excel attachments, they are deleted Automatically before they are read.
Picture attachments in JPG. or EPS format are abe to be opened OK.
Any suggestions will be welcome.
Please note that my other computer uses Win XP-Pro and uses MS outlook,with no problems at all.
Regards
Don
Dnoald (240)
124135 2003-02-26 08:09:00 Not sure if you actually mean Outlook Express rather than Outlook (two different programs) but if it is OE try the following:

In OE go to Options | Tools | Security Tab. If there is a tick in the box "Do not allow attachements to be saved or opened that could potentially be a virus" remove the tick and click OK.

Remember to take the usual virus precautions before opening.
Susan B (19)
124136 2003-02-26 08:11:00 If you are in fact using Outlook (as against OE) then there is a free 3rd party plug in that lets *you* decide which attachments are ok and which are not.
Let me know if this is what you are after and I'll hunt it down.
falvrez (390)
124137 2003-02-26 08:12:00 thanks will pass to Sis in law, and work from there.
don
Dnoald (240)
124138 2003-02-26 08:39:00 I had this same problem when I upgraded to a later version of Outlook.
It is a security feature implemented by Microsoft
There is crack on the Internet to over come this
kiwiwiseman (3241)
124139 2003-02-26 09:01:00 >There is crack on the Internet to over come this

for newbies i suggest DO NOT go searching for a *crack* for Outlook. the odds are you will end up with a virus.

and for newbies like Kiwiwiseman this forum does not discuss cracks/warez/serials etc, please take it somwhere else.
tweak'e (174)
124140 2003-02-26 09:23:00 While I aggree with your post tweak'e. I think you got him a bit wrong as he was only meaning a program to work around Oulook new default security feature. mikebartnz (21)
124141 2003-02-26 09:35:00 yes mike. however newbies may know that and start looking for so called cracks. just a friendly warning thats all :) tweak'e (174)
124142 2003-02-26 18:39:00

The Outlook E-Mail Security Update (included in Office 2000 Service Pack 2) and Outlook 2002 block access to .exe, .com and other "dangerous" files. You cannot open these files from Outlook, nor can you use Outlook to save them to your system. If you try to forward a message containing an .exe file, Outlook does not include the attachment in the forwarded message.

If you are not getting many of these you can import them into Outlook Express and open them from here.

Otherwise you will need to edit the registry or use one of the tools available from this site Here (www.slipstick.com) to allow Outlook to open selected attachments.
Jim B (153)
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