From: Ellen K. 

Which brings us back to the nasty question of, to what extent should users
be protected against their own stupidity?  If Microsoft let these through,
people would say they are impairing security.   In fact users
clicking on attachments has been one of the biggest ways viruses spread.

I'm wondering whether the Help File posted below has an alternative, since
the behavior described is labelled the "default"... i.e. this
name implies that some other possibility also exists.  Rich?

On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 22:10:58 -0500, Mike '/m'  wrote
in message :

>
>That feature has converted some friends away from Outlook to another, any
>other, email client.  They cannot understand why the email client does not
>allow them access to what is sent to them.
>
> /m
>
>
>On Wed, 2 Feb 2005 20:08:20 -0600, "Robert G Lewis"

>wrote:
>
>>Ah HA
>>
>>From the Help File 
>>
>>a.. By default, Microsoft Outlook blocks attachment files ( such as .bat,
>>.exe, .vbs, and .js) that can contain viruses. You cannot see or access the
>>attachments. Your Inbox will display the paperclip icon in the Attachment
>>column to let you know that the message has an attachment, and you will see
>>a list of the blocked attachment files in the InfoBar at the top of your
>>message. If you try to open the attachment by right-clicking the item, View
>>Attachments will not appear on the shortcut menu. If you need to use files,
>>such as .exe files, from others, have them post the files to a network share
>>or to a Web share that you can access.
>>
>>Except it doesn't show in the inforbar and .MSO is not listed as a blocked
>>file in Outlook 2002 so ......
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>"Geo"  wrote in message
news:42017edd$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>> "Robert G Lewis"  wrote
in message
>>> news:42016ab0$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>
>>>> I'm right clicking on the Inbox message list for that
email and can view
>>> or
>>>> open the attachment, I don't see the attachment in either preview or
>>> opened
>>>> email.
>>>
>>> Excellent, just what I was looking for, thanks.
>>>
>>> Geo.
>>>
>>>
>>

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