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re: Outlook Security provisions Tuesday, February 12, 2002 at 11:59 am Posted by nyrlath (64 messages posted) Heres some info on it: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q262631 You cannot adjust (to my knowledge) the features unless you are using it in conjuntion with Exchange server. On Tuesday, February 12, 2002 at 10:44 am, Nicholas Birkett wrote: >I am using version 2000 SR1 of Microsoft Outlook. I am trying to transfer an 'exe' >file for a software programme which I requested. However, when the e-mail message >with the EXE attachment gets to my Outlook, the programme blocks access to the attachment >with a warning 'access to potentially unsafe attachement has been blocked'. I don't >mind the warning but I should be able to override this default protection when I >know the attachement is safe. However, I have scoured the help pages and checked >through these archives and can find no way to turn off this blocking. I found how >to permit macros to run but this isn't a macro. > >Advice appreciated. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Outlook Security provisions Tuesday, February 12, 2002 at 1:34 pm Posted by Nicholas Birkett (10 messages posted) Thanks for the information. Looks like there's not much I can do but it's rather restrictive behaviour. And an annoyance. On Tuesday, February 12, 2002 at 11:59 am, Nyrlath wrote: >Heres some info on it: >http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q262631 > >You cannot adjust (to my knowledge) the features unless you are using it in conjuntion >with Exchange server. > > > >On Tuesday, February 12, 2002 at 10:44 am, Nicholas Birkett wrote: >I am using version 2000 SR1 of Microsoft Outlook. I am trying to transfer an 'exe' >file for a software programme which I requested. However, when the e-mail message >with the EXE attachment gets to my Outlook, the programme blocks access to the attachment >with a warning 'access to potentially unsafe attachement has been blocked'. I don't >mind the warning but I should be able to override this default protection when I >know the attachement is safe. However, I have scoured the help pages and checked >through these archives and can find no way to turn off this blocking. I found how >to permit macros to run but this isn't a macro. > >Advice appreciated. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Outlook Security provisions Monday, February 18, 2002 at 5:22 am Posted by Nick (1 messages posted) Have a look at ZoneAlarm. It has a mail quarantine feature that will intercept a configurable set of filetypes then append a .zl* suffix, consequently bypassing OL's ridiculous knee-jerk "security". Nick. On Tuesday, February 12, 2002 at 1:34 pm, Nicholas Birkett wrote: >Thanks for the information. Looks like there's not much I can do but it's rather >restrictive behaviour. And an annoyance. > > >On Tuesday, February 12, 2002 at 11:59 am, Nyrlath wrote: >Heres some info on it: >http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q262631 > >You cannot adjust (to my knowledge) the features unless you are using it in conjuntion >with Exchange server. > > > >On Tuesday, February 12, 2002 at 10:44 am, Nicholas Birkett wrote: >I am using version 2000 SR1 of Microsoft Outlook. I am trying to transfer an 'exe' > >file for a software programme which I requested. However, when the e-mail message > >with the EXE attachment gets to my Outlook, the programme blocks access to the attachment > >with a warning 'access to potentially unsafe attachement has been blocked'. I don't > >mind the warning but I should be able to override this default protection when I > >know the attachement is safe. However, I have scoured the help pages and checked > >through these archives and can find no way to turn off this blocking. I found how > >to permit macros to run but this isn't a macro. > >Advice appreciated. [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 2000 Discussion Forum