Re: deleted attachment

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The file type is really confusing - I sent a FOLDER the name of which did not contain an extension.

The folder contained shortcuts to other folders - the shortcuts would have had the normal shortcut extension.

There were no 'files' in the folder.

I cannot see where any of this would have triggered the 'unsafe' action.

I will check he settings on my friend's computer.

Your last comment - WHY can't I send a folder as an attachment?

CAN I send a shortcut as an attachment?

The contens of THOSE folders may or may not have had extension


"Jim Pickering" <jimp@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:uSU8dEziGHA.4284@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
It probably depended more on the naming of the file you sent than anything else. For some info about unsafe files, see this KB article:

Q291369 - Information About the Unsafe File List in Internet Explorer 6:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q291369

But I suspect your problem is more likely related to the fact that the recipient may have some setting that "block" external images and they need to check in Outlook Express under Tools/Options/Security to see if they are blocking the display of anything. They may also be using some antivirus/antispam program that has another list of file types that "it" does not like to process, so without looking at the recipient's computer and settings, it's hard to know what the answer is. Dealing with 3rd parties explaining someone else's plight do not always contain enough correct information to even guess.

BTW, you cannot send a folder as an attachment. You can send copies of the files in a folder, but you cannot "attach" a folder to an outgoing message.
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Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
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"anon" <vxpy7do02@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:eK4E0yyiGHA.4508@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I sent an e-mail with an attachment (it happened to be a copy of a folder) to a friend. Both computers are running XP.

When the friend got the e-mail, there was a banner across the opened e-mail stating: OWE has removed access to the following insecure attachments your mail: (list followed.)

First question - how does my friend prevent this unequivocal removal (no choice given about deciding whether he WANTED the attachment removed)?

Second question - how do I send this attachment and prevent it being labeled 'insecure'?



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