difficulty opening e-mail attachments

[mike]

I am unable to open attachments sent to me in my e-mail.
Outlook Express indicates the attachments are "unsafe"and
prevents me from opening them. Many of these attachments
are sent to me by friends and I am sure there are no
viruses associated with them.

I have been unable to find out how to change any of the
security settings within O.E.

Does anyone out there have any advice?

 

[Nikki]

Try this site for information on removing the block:
http://www.omegageek.com/OESecurity.htm

This is a group to support Outlook from the Office group of programs.
Outlook Express is a part of Internet Explorer and is a quite different
program, despite its similar name..

You will probably get a faster and more expert answer if you post this to an
Outlook Express news group.

Try posting in one of these newsgroups:
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie5.outlookexpress for OE 5.x
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie55.outlookexpress for OE 5.5x
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress for OE 6.x
microsoft.public.internet.outlookexpress.mac for OE for Macintosh

If those groups aren't carried on the news server that's carrying this group
try using msnews.microsoft.com (MS's public news server that's the source
for all the microsoft.public newsgroups).

A good website for information on OE is:
http://www.tomsterdam.com/

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Nikki Peterson [MVP - Outlook]

I am unable to open attachments sent to me in my e-mail.
Outlook Express indicates the attachments are "unsafe"and
prevents me from opening them. Many of these attachments
are sent to me by friends and I am sure there are no
viruses associated with them.

I have been unable to find out how to change any of the
security settings within O.E.

Does anyone out there have any advice?