Slightly OT but related

I received an attachment via email for a number of files for SCGT. Outlook Express, for some reason, has "removed access to the following unsafe attachments in your mail." Now I cannot get at the files. Is there a way to regain access to the files or is all hope lost? Also, how do I stop this foolish screening of my mail? I can't seem to find a setting that allows me to check/uncheck whether my attachments are screened or not. Thanks. Lawman

I can't seem to find > a setting that allows me to check/uncheck whether my attachments are > screened or not. Its there. I'm not sure were at, but I remember the first time I installed XP (IE6) I went thru the same thing. I thought it was on the securities tab in options but I'm not sure. Keep looking I know you'll find it because I did. MadDAWG

On Fri, 15 Nov 2002 10:35:05 -0500, "MadDAWG" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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> I can't seem to find >> a setting that allows me to check/uncheck whether my attachments are >> screened or not. > > >Its there. I'm not sure were at, but I remember the first time I installed >XP (IE6) I went thru the same thing. I thought it was on the securities tab >in options but I'm not sure. Keep looking I know you'll find it because I >did.

Tools, Options, Security and then untick "Do not allow attachments to be saved or opened that could potentially be a virus". Ian -- Ian Riches GPL Rank +1.76 Monsters of GPL +284.19

> Tools, Options, Security and then untick "Do not allow attachments to > be saved or opened that could potentially be a virus". That would be it. Its in the Virus Protection section. MadDAWG

They must be .EXE files... If it's the same as Outlook, I know of no way to get around it. With Outlook, the Exchange Server Admin can make a Policy Setting that makes them available, but if you are using Outlook stand-alone you are screwed. Almost... I have discovered one way around this with Outlook. There is a product called "Attachment Save" sold by, I believe, Sperry Software. It's an add-in for Outlook that helps you manage attachments, since Outlook's attachment management positively sucks. One of things it can do is go through your mail, strip off all the attachments, and save the attachments to a folder on your system. What's really cool is that if you want, it can automatically embed a link into the email to where the file is stored on your drive. I was able to get to some blocked attachments in this fashion. Alas, I have no real answer for Outlook Express, though. You might try and see if there is some sort of attachment manager for OE, and maybe it will do the same thing? Also, there are a lot of OE mailbox converters out there. Maybe you can convert the mailbox to something like Mozilla or Netscape and then get to the attachments. -Larry "Lawman_02766" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> I received an attachment via email for a number of files for SCGT. > Outlook Express, for some reason, has "removed access to the following > unsafe attachments in your mail." Now I cannot get at the files. Is > there a way to regain access to the files or is all hope lost? Also, > how do I stop this foolish screening of my mail? I can't seem to find > a setting that allows me to check/uncheck whether my attachments are > screened or not. > > Thanks. > > > Lawman

No kidding? OE has an option like this? Nice catch :) I wish they would do the same with Outlook. -Larry "Ian Riches" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> On Fri, 15 Nov 2002 10:35:05 -0500, "MadDAWG" > Tools, Options, Security and then untick "Do not allow attachments to > be saved or opened that could potentially be a virus". > > Ian > -- > Ian Riches > GPL Rank +1.76 Monsters of GPL +284.19

Use another email program!! On 15 Nov 2002, Lawman_02766 wrote:

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> I received an attachment via email for a number of files for SCGT. > Outlook Express, for some reason, has "removed access to the following > unsafe attachments in your mail." Now I cannot get at the files. Is > there a way to regain access to the files or is all hope lost? Also, > how do I stop this foolish screening of my mail? I can't seem to find > a setting that allows me to check/uncheck whether my attachments are > screened or not. > > Thanks. > > > Lawman > >

"Larry" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:b4aB9.7437$[email hidden]... > They must be .EXE files... > > If it's the same as Outlook, I know of no way to get around it. I think you can use the registry fix described here: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/esecup/getexe.htm For Outlook that is, not OE. Jone.

> Its there. I'm not sure were at, but I remember the first time I installed > XP (IE6) I went thru the same thing. I thought it was on the securities tab > in options but I'm not sure. Keep looking I know you'll find it because I > did. > > MadDAWG Thanks to MadDAWG and Ian for their help. i solved the problem and retrieved the .zip file. Thanks guys. Lawman

I've been here before. That's new info I think. Attachment Save is still the trick for managing mass numbers of emails with attachments. Thanks! -Larry "Jone Tytlandsvik" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:ar3dkj$f65ju$[email hidden]...

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> > "Larry" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:b4aB9.7437$[email hidden]... > > They must be .EXE files... > > > > If it's the same as Outlook, I know of no way to get around it. > > I think you can use the registry fix described here: > http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/esecup/getexe.htm > For Outlook that is, not OE. > > Jone. > >

It blocked a ZIP file ? Wow... Tough crowd. -Larry "Lawman_02766" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > > Its there. I'm not sure were at, but I remember the first time Iinstalled > > XP (IE6) I went thru the same thing. I thought it was on the securitiestab > > in options but I'm not sure. Keep looking I know you'll find it becauseI

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> > did. > > > > MadDAWG > > Thanks to MadDAWG and Ian for their help. i solved the problem and > retrieved the .zip file. Thanks guys. > > Lawman

On Fri, 15 Nov 2002 17:24:09 GMT, Larry wrote:

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> No kidding? OE has an option like this? > > Nice catch :) > > I wish they would do the same with Outlook. > > -Larry

you could also opt for a proper mail client like Mullberry or Eudora. Outlook isn't much more than an MS virus transportation device these days, anyway. ;-) Regards, Uwe "safe & and sound with mutt on Linux" -- mail replies to Uwe at schuerkamp dot de ( yahoo address is spambox) Uwe Schuerkamp //////////////////////////// http://www.schuerkamp.de/ Herford, Germany \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ (52.0N/8.5E) GPG Fingerprint: 2E 13 20 22 9A 3F 63 7F 67 6F E9 B1 A8 36 A4 61

"Larry" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:IbeB9.7821$[email hidden]... > It blocked a ZIP file ? > > Wow... Tough crowd. > > -Larry I believe its worded "any file that may contain a virus" So that is a pretty big group of file types. MadDAWG