Why does Outlook Express remove attachments when POP mail arrives?

[paul dorn]

Hello,

Outlook Express v 6.1 has this behavior where all attachments are removed when you open emails. I believe this may have to do with Anti-Virus activity. I've seen it happen with Symantec as well as McAfee products. Is there a setting on Outlook Express, Symantec or McAfee that will prevent the auto-removal of attachments?

Thanks,
Paul G. Dorn
Seismicom

 

[Gordon]

Hello,

Outlook Express v 6.1 has this behavior where all attachments are removed

when you open emails.

Wrong. Outlook Express "DENIES ACCESS TO" - not "removes"

I believe this may have to do with Anti-Virus activity.

Correct. Try Tools-Options-Security, which answer you would have seen
THOUSANDS and THOUSANDS of times if you'd done a proper search first.

And finally, this newsgroup is for support of Outlook
97/98/2000/2002/2003 from the Office suite of products. Outlook
Express is actually a separate program despite the similar name.

For help with your OE questions, try an OE newsgroup such as
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress (for OE 6), or
an OE help website such as http://insideOE.tomsterdam.com. If you're
accessing the Microsoft newsgroups through the MS Product Support
Services "Community Newsgroups" web interface, click
http://communities.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.asp?icp=InternetExplorer
to get to the Internet Explorer groups, then click the plus sign next to
your version of IE to see the link to the Outlook Express group for that
version number. Good luck!