Outlook Express

[Christmasguy]

I have been having problems with Outlook express, when I get an email with an attachment I get the following message

" oe removed access to the following unsafe attachments in your mail: then it gives the title of the attachment"

At first I just assumed that is was a corupte file, but I have noticed that all my attachments now have the above statement.

Does anyone know how to either change a setting or something that I will be able to access future attachments

Thankyou in advance
ChristmasGuy

 

[S Walch]

Yep.

Tools - Options - Security - untick box labelled "Do not allow attachments to be saced or opened that may potintially contain a Virus"

Should sort out the problem

 

[Christmasguy]

Ummm. Thanks

I feel so silly, because it was so simple to fix, thanks agian

CG

 

[OLDoMiNiON]

Yes, but on the other hand, it can be a useful feature!
DON'T open attachments when you don't know what they are, even if they are from a friend! Ask them first and make sure it was them that send it and not a worm trying to spread itself.

 

[S Walch]

Today at 04:37 PM OLDoMiNiON said this in Post #4

Yes, but on the other hand, it can be a useful feature!
DON'T open attachments when you don't know what they are, even if they are from a friend! Ask them first and make sure it was them that send it and not a worm trying to spread itself.

Usefull feature?

Not really - even when you've asked someone to send you a file and you have that option linked - you won't be able to open the file at all - even though it doesn't have a virus.

That's what Norton checks for.

 

[seebs]

For OE, which is the sole cause of perhaps five billion dollars of damage due to viruses since it came out, yes, it's a useful feature. Every time a new virus comes up, OE is vulnerable, and antivirus software won't defend against it until it's been diagnosed - generally after a few million copies have spread.

In other mailers, which don't have these laughable security problems, you can just open attachments, but frankly, the chances are that opening attachments in OE will eventually result in distribution of viruses to hundreds of people. It is not a good idea.

 

[paulewog]

Outlook Express = the best pro-virus software there is

(even as I ilke Windows, I don't use Outlook Express, I used Eudora...)

 

[Terry.Trent]

It took me a while to figure out how to solve the non-attachement thing with OE too....3 weeks.  it got very annoying.