A folder is just a link to files that exist only on your computer. You
cannot send a folder. If you try, it will just default to opening the files
contained within the folder. If you were successful in sending a folder,
please let us know how you did it (unless you zipped the folder and its
contents). If you zipped it, it may be the recipient has a program, such as
Zone Alarm that triggers a warning when he attempts to download. Which is
why I said that without examing the recipient's computer, it's hard to know
what warning he actually received and what program it may have been that
"tripped" the warning message. Without seeing the computer involved, it's
all just pure speculation.

PS: Sending a link to a file or folder on your computer is of no value to
any recipient since he/she would not have access to your computer unless you
both are on the same network and sharing files and folders.
--
Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/pr...8-1171988A62D6
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"anon" wrote in message
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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" wrote in message
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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...;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.
--
Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/pr...8-1171988A62D6
Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.


"anon" wrote in message
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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'?