OLEXP: Using Virus Protection Features in OLEXP 6 and SP1
(OE removed access to the unsafe attachments in your email)
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=291387

If XP SP2 is installed, then see:
Description of how the Attachment Manager works in Windows XP Service
Pack 2
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=883260

Short cuts to files are .LNK files. These are normally usless to a
recipient.


--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"anon" wrote in message
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I sent a cc of the e-mail in question to myself.

Looking at it again - you are correct I did not send a folder (when I
attempted to do it originally, I got an error message) so what I did
send was a shortcut to the folder.

NOW WHY did the recipient's OE refuse to allow access to the shortcut?

When I saved the attachment (shortcut to a folder) and then clicked
properties on the saved file - it pointed to the path to the folder on
MY computer. (said folder is not on friend's computer - so, like you
said, it would not work.)

I tried sending (as attachments) the links contained in the folder -
that worked - the path pointed to the correct folders.


"Jim Pickering" wrote in message
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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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helped.


"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'?