Outlook blocked access to the following potentially unsafe attachments

[jackie]

We have just upgraded to Office 2003 and a lot of
attachments do not get sent. We receive this error
message instead. This particular attachment is a url.
Any advice,
Thanks,
Jackie

 

[Ben M. Schorr, MVP-OneNote]

You may find this page useful: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/esecup.htm


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[Mike-Roeser]

In 2002 Outlook handles certain attachments in a simlar
fashion. Outlook considers certain type of attachments as
security risk so that they can not be opened. I am
guessing that 2003 might have taken this further and is
doing the same thing when sending an attachemnt. What i do
is instead of sending files as attachment's i insert as a
file instead. This also helps the person on the other end
if they are using Outlook which blocks certain
attachemtns.

 

[Richard]

Quote from slipstick.com


Outlook 2003, Outlook 2002 and Outlook 2000 SP3 (but not Outlook 98 or
earlier Outlook 2000 versions) allow the user to use a registry key to open
up access to blocked attachments. (Always make a backup before editing the
registry.) To use this key:
1.. Run Regedit, and go to this key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Outlook\Security (change
10.0 to 9.0 for Outlook 2000 SP3 or to 11.0 for Outlook 2003`fs)

2.. Under that key, add a new string value named Level1Remove.

3.. For the value for Level1Remove, enter a semicolon-delimited list of
file extensions. For example, entering this:

mdb;url

would unblock Microsoft Access files and Internet shortcuts.

If you are using this registry entry, a glance at Help | About Microsoft
Outlook will show Security Mode: User Controlled above the license
information.

If you prefer not to edit the registry directly, you can use one of the
various tools available