Re: Undocumented OL2003 SP1 Change Confirmed by PSS

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From: Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook] (kenslovak_at_mvps.org)
Date: 08/04/04 

Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2004 10:00:45 -0400

Yes, those are the same restricted extensions added to Outlook 2002 in SP3.
I plan to update Attachment Options in the next few days to handle the new
restrictions in Outlook 2003 SP1. I was waiting for the release of SP1 to
see if things changed any from the beta release candidate. 

-- 
Ken Slovak
[MVP - Outlook]
http://www.slovaktech.com
Author: Absolute Beginner's Guide to Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
Reminder Manager, Extended Reminders, Attachment Options
http://www.slovaktech.com/products.htm
"Ronny Ong" <ronnyong@killspam-bigfoot.com> wrote in message
news:%23MrXZMieEHA.2532@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> After applying SP1 to Outlook 2003, the list of default Level 1 extensions
> has changed. I noticed that asp files are now blocked. They became
unblocked
> after I added asp to the Level1Remove registry value. The asp extension
was
> not
> previously blocked by default. I was able to confirm this with PSS, which
> provided this page as the ONLY documentation which has been updated with
> correct information:
>
http://office.microsoft.com/assistance/preview.aspx?AssetID=HP030850041033&CTT=4&Origin=CH062556131033
>
> The seemingly-authoritative pages below have NOT been updated as of today:
> http://www.microsoft.com/office/ork/2003/three/ch12/OutG07.htm
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=829982
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=872839
>
> There are many other pages on the web which have copies of the outdated
> list, including some very popular resources like Sue Mosher's (which I'm
> sure will get updated quickly):
> http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/esecup.htm#attsec
>
> This affects Attachment Options and similar utilities. The current version
> of Attachment Options as of today (1.8.15) does not display the correct
file
> extensions list when used with SP1. (I have cc'ed this post to Slovak, so
it
> will probably get updated quickly as well. If you use one of the other
> programs, you may want to alert the author.)
> http://www.slovaktech.com/attachmentoptions.htm
>
>

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  • Re: Block Attachments
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