OK, I guess I misunderstood that option. I assumed that it would still show
that file attachments are present, but allow the user to have the
opportunity to save the file by appropriately selecting to "bypass" that
option.

The message re "some pictures have been blocked ,,,,, etc," does give one
the choice to bypass that and have the pictures viewed. Oh well, MS was not
consistent in the protocols here.

I will still leave the option to block files enabled. I'll just
manually/temporarily disable that when an occasion arises.

Ron Hirsch

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"Ron Sommer" wrote in message
...
In OE, Tools | Options | Security. Uncheck: "Do not allow
attachments................."

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Ronald Sommer

"Ron Hirsch" wrote in message
...
Hi Bruce,

Thanks for your reply

It did read that it "removed access", and the file was definitely there,
as
the message size was very large. But, there was no way that I could see to
regain access to the file. I tried right clicking on the message line, but
that produced nothing. Nor could I locate any choices anywhere that would
allow me access to save the file.

I guess I must be missing something.

I did look over the link you gave re the Attachment Manager, but I also
did
not see anything there that would give me access.

I still have the message in question, so when I learn the proper the path
ot
give me access to the file, I can confirm that it will work to do that.

Ron Hirsch

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"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
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
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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