Outlook 2002 Blocked Email Attachments

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@berzokrm wrote:

I'm trying to receive a .ink attachment from my (trusted) brother, using Outlook 2002 on my Windows XP system. The attempt failed with the following message: "Outlook blocked access to the following potential unsafe attachment (name of software.ink).

 

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@berzokrm wrote:

I'm trying to receive a .ink attachment from my (trusted) brother, using Outlook 2002 on my Windows XP system. The attempt failed with the following message: "Outlook blocked access to the following potential unsafe attachment (name of software.ink).

 

Any advice on reducing the email security level on Outlook? My local ISP has received security level at its end to allow all messages, so it's the Outlook 2002 security level that needs to be changed/reduced.

 

Thanks.

 

Bob

 

Outlook is part of Office and this would normally be posted on the Office forum.

 

Simple solution is to have your brother rename the attachment to a .txt file, then resend it.  Then, rename it back. 

Or you can use an addin for Outlook, that makes it easier to manage permitted extensions, for example:

http://www.slovaktech.com/attachmentoptions.htm

or a separate utility

http://camtech2000.net/Pages/Outlook_Attachments.htm

but that costs $.

Edited as I originally put in the wrong link.

Message Edited by JRosenfeld on 05-19-2005 02:10 AM

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@berzokrm wrote:

Thanks too. Will first try having program resent with .txt extension. If that doesn't work, then I'll carefully try to tamper with the registry as per your suggestions.

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