Outlook 2000

[GB]

Outlook happily connects my modem to download messages. When I close the
program, it offers to disconnect my modem. I don't want it to disconnect AND
I don't want it to ask. How do I stop it asking?

I've just emailed myself some files including some .exe and .bat ones.
Outlook obstinately refuses to let me save these - they are level 1 security
risks, apparently. How do I make it see some sense?

Thanks

Geoff

 

[Brian Tillman]

I've just emailed myself some files including some .exe and .bat ones.
Outlook obstinately refuses to let me save these - they are level 1
security risks, apparently. How do I make it see some sense?

Rename them to .ex_ and .ba_ before mailing them and back to .exe and .bat
after receiving and saving them.

 

[GB]

Rename them to .ex_ and .ba_ before mailing them and back to .exe and .bat
after receiving and saving them.

Yes, I had already thought of that, but it's a nuisance and obviously one
might forget to do it and end up with a file that can't be opened.

Can't one just demote some of these suffices from Level 1 to Level 2? Level
2 security seems quite sufficient. How do you do that?

 

[GB]

Rename them to .ex_ and .ba_ before mailing them and back to .exe and .bat
after receiving and saving them.

OK - found it. I thought I would post the info for anybody else who is
interested. Here is what to do:

Enabling to receive blocked attachments involves changing the registry. I
strongly recommend to only edit the registry when you actually receive an
attachment and there is no other way in getting that file again in a saver
way (in compressed format) and you know for sure that the file is clean.
Also change back the registry directly after you saved the attachment. It
probably sounds paranoid but you'll be hitting yourself if you get infected
because you "opened the door and invited the virus" yourself.



Alright, here goes;

1. Logon with an administrator account as we are going into the registry.
Make sure Outlook is closed.

2. Open your registry editor by opening the Run command and type regedit
(regedt32 for Windows 2000)

3. Locate the following key
For Outlook 2000
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\9.0\Outlook\Security]
For Outlook 2002
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Outlook\Security]
For Outlook 2003
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Outlook\Security]

4. Goto Edit-> New-> String Value.

5. Name the value Level1Remove (case sensitive!)

6. Double-click on the newly created value and enter the extension
including the "dot" that you want to open in Outlook. For instance .exe
If you need to enter more than one extension you'll have to type it
like this; .exe;.bat;.url

7. Press OK on the input box and close the registry editor

8. When you open Outlook the attachments which hold those extensions
aren't blocked by Outlook anymore.

To let Outlook block those extensions again follow the instructions again
but instead of creating the Level1Remove value delete it.

This is all set out more fully here:
http://www.howto-outlook.com/faq/blockedattachments.htm

 

[Brice]

..

Rename them to .ex_ and .ba_ before mailing them and back to .exe and .bat
after receiving and saving them.

OK - found it. I thought I would post the info for anybody else who is
interested. Here is what to do:

Enabling to receive blocked attachments involves changing the registry. I
strongly recommend to only edit the registry when you actually receive an
attachment and there is no other way in getting that file again in a saver
way (in compressed format) and you know for sure that the file is clean.
Also change back the registry directly after you saved the attachment. It
probably sounds paranoid but you'll be hitting yourself if you get infected
because you "opened the door and invited the virus" yourself.



Alright, here goes;

1. Logon with an administrator account as we are going into the registry.
Make sure Outlook is closed.

2. Open your registry editor by opening the Run command and type regedit
(regedt32 for Windows 2000)

3. Locate the following key
For Outlook 2000
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\9.0\Outlook\Security]
For Outlook 2002
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Outlook\Security]
For Outlook 2003
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Outlook\Security]

4. Goto Edit-> New-> String Value.

5. Name the value Level1Remove (case sensitive!)

6. Double-click on the newly created value and enter the extension
including the "dot" that you want to open in Outlook. For instance .exe
If you need to enter more than one extension you'll have to type it
like this; .exe;.bat;.url

7. Press OK on the input box and close the registry editor

8. When you open Outlook the attachments which hold those extensions
aren't blocked by Outlook anymore.

To let Outlook block those extensions again follow the instructions again
but instead of creating the Level1Remove value delete it.

This is all set out more fully here:
http://www.howto-outlook.com/faq/blockedattachments.htm