MS Outlook 2003 Blocks Attachments?


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In Outlook 2003, all my attachments are blocked, and when I looked in the help file, I came across this:

To provide enhanced security, Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 is designed to prevent you from unblocking attachments.

Now why the heck did MS do this? Do they not realize there are people out there who KNOW what they're doing with a computer? Having that said, is there any way to use the registry or something to unblock attachments?

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Microsoft has blocked all those attachments for people who can not comprehend that they should not open files from people they don't know. As a system administrator, I feel your pain on this subject. However, in Office 2003 you can allow any attachment you like by editing the registry, without the Resource Kit.

Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Outlook\Security

Create a new key of String value and call it "Level1Remove" (minus quotes)

For the value, simply place all the extensions you DO NOT want Outlook to block and separte them with a ;

Restart Outlook, and all blocked attachments will appear.

Please note that is a per user setting.

Hope this helps,

WinMaster

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Microsoft has blocked all those attachments for people who can not comprehend that they should not open files from people they don't know. As a system administrator, I feel your pain on this subject. However, in Office 2003 you can allow any attachment you like by editing the registry, without the Resource Kit.

Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Outlook\Security

Create a new key of String value and call it "Level1Remove" (minus quotes)

For the value, simply place all the extensions you DO NOT want Outlook to block and separte them with a ;

Restart Outlook, and all blocked attachments will appear.

Please note that is a per user setting.

Hope this helps,

WinMaster

That solved my problem.

Thank you, WinMaster.

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in outlook and outlook express (dunno about 2003) you go to options>security and uncheck "Do not allow attachements to be saved or openend that could potentialy be a virus"

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