Did it say OE /removed/ the attachment, or removed /access/ to the
attachment? If the later:

Tools | Options | Security. Uncheck: "Do not allow
attachments................."

If you're running XP/SP2 also see this:
Description of how the Attachment Manager works in Windows XP Service Pack2:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=883260
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"Ron Hirsch" wrote in message
...
I have a message rule set up to channel all messages with attachments to a
defined folder in OE. And, it does this just fine.

The other day someone sent me an expected EXE file with a message, which
went to that defined folder. But OE also removed the EXE file, and it was
gone.

I can understand the concerns about safety, and EXE files, but this was
one
that I wanted. So I sent a meesage to the sender of the file in question,
and said to just reanme it "message.txt". and resend it, which he did.
Then
I renamed it accordingly when I got the attachment, back to the proper EXE
file name.

Nowhere in OE can I find any setting that appears to control this. But,
the
message line at the top of the message window stated that OE removed the
unsafe attached file. Where in OE can this action be changed? I presently
have images set to not display, but I can OK them to display by making
that
choice in the options offered in the message which comtains them.

Ron Hirsch