> Outlook 2002 by default removes all attached executable files from > incoming email messages. The Outlook security update, which has been > available for more than 2 years, provides the same feature for Outlook > 98 and 2000. > > Outlook Express 6 also offers this same executable stripping feature, > but Microsoft stupidly made the default be off. Some computer makers > saw the errors of Microsoft's ways are now turning on the stripping > feature in Outlook Express, before their Windows boxes leave the > factory. Unfortunately, I've now seen recommendations in > both PC World and PC Magazine to turn this feature back off.
try again: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;q329570 SYMPTOMS After you install Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1 (SP1) or Windows XP SP1 (both of which include Outlook Express 6 SP1), access to some of your e-mail attachments in Outlook Express may be removed. For example, you may experience any of the following symptoms: When you click the paper clip in the Preview pane, the Save Attachments and file_name commands are unavailable. When you open an e-mail message, the Save Attachments command is unavailable on the File menu, the Attach field is missing from the e-mail message, and the following message is displayed in the message alert bar at the top of the e-mail message: Outlook Express removed access to the following unsafe attachments in your email: file_name1, file_name2 CAUSE This behavior occurs if the Do not allow attachments to be saved or opened that could potentially be a virus option is enabled, and the e-mail attachment is determined by Outlook Express to be "unsafe". By default, the Do not allow attachments to be saved or opened that could potentially be a virus option is enabled in Outlook Express 6 SP1. When this virus-protection feature is enabled, Outlook Express uses the Internet Explorer unsafe file list and the Confirm open after download setting in Folder Options to determine if a file is safe. Any e-mail attachment with a file type that is reported as "unsafe" is not downloaded, and access to the attachment is removed. _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html