From: Ellen K. 

For our recent catalog mailings it turned out that our mailing house does
not accept .zip files... and of course the files were bigger than they
would accept as attachments.   Fortunately it turned out that they
do have an ftp site so I ftp'd them.

On Thu, 3 Feb 2005 17:34:44 -0800, "Rich"  wrote in message
:

>   What everyone I know does if they need to send unsafe files by email is to
rename them to have a "safe" extension and to send that.  The
recipient saves it and renames it back.
>
>   There are administrator controls but this comes up so rarely I can't
remember when the last person asked.
>
>Rich
>
>  "Ellen K."  wrote in message
news:a8n4015isr1b71cf9vemdkp9t6eh5pbtd2{at}4ax.com...
>  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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