Please help

I've recently installed Outlook and am having difficulty sending
attachments. Whenever I attempt to send an Access database, it's
blocked by the receiving host as being unsafe. I know that I can fool
Outlook by renaming the file, sending it, and then instructing the
recipient to save it as an mdb file. Is there another way around this?
Thanks.

It's not an issue at your end, it's an issue with the receiver's side of
things. What program are they using to receive mail? Also, their mail server
can be dealing with the attachment. Here in my office the mail server blocks
the attachment before I can even get to it.

"alex" wrote in message
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Please help

I've recently installed Outlook and am having difficulty sending
attachments. Whenever I attempt to send an Access database, it's
blocked by the receiving host as being unsafe. I know that I can fool
Outlook by renaming the file, sending it, and then instructing the
recipient to save it as an mdb file. Is there another way around this?

They're using Outlook '03 to receive the mail. They get a message
like "Outlook blocked access to the following potentially unsafe
attachments". I'm trying to send these attachments intra office; I
know they're safe. I'm unsure if I have access to the mail server.
I didn't know if there was a work-around, other than the one I
mentioned above.

You can take a look at this site
http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/article08-104

"alex" wrote in message
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They're using Outlook '03 to receive the mail. They get a message
like "Outlook blocked access to the following potentially unsafe
attachments". I'm trying to send these attachments intra office; I
know they're safe. I'm unsure if I have access to the mail server.
I didn't know if there was a work-around, other than the one I
mentioned above.

Here is another site that give you a little add-in inside outlook
http://www.slovaktech.com/attachmentoptions.htm

"alex" wrote in message
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They're using Outlook '03 to receive the mail. They get a message
like "Outlook blocked access to the following potentially unsafe
attachments". I'm trying to send these attachments intra office; I
know they're safe. I'm unsure if I have access to the mail server.
I didn't know if there was a work-around, other than the one I
mentioned above.

The easiest way for this to get fixed it to rename the mdb to a different
extension. OL2K3 blocks mdb attachments automatically and there is no way to
unblock them.

Try calling it somthing like %filename%.md_
When the recipient receives the file, they can download it and then rename
it to %filename%.mdb on their end.


Jon


"alex" wrote in message
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They're using Outlook '03 to receive the mail. They get a message
like "Outlook blocked access to the following potentially unsafe
attachments". I'm trying to send these attachments intra office; I
know they're safe. I'm unsure if I have access to the mail server.
I didn't know if there was a work-around, other than the one I
mentioned above.

If this is intra-office, why are you emailing the file? Why not drop it into
a shared network folder on a "common" drive? Access files can be really
large, why bog down your mailserver and increase both your mailbox size and
the recipient's with it?
--
Kathleen Orland
Blessed are the cracked, for it is they who let in the light
Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/
http://www.howto-outlook.com/



"Jon LaBarge" wrote:

The easiest way for this to get fixed it to rename the mdb to a different
extension. OL2K3 blocks mdb attachments automatically and there is no way to
unblock them.

Try calling it somthing like %filename%.md_
When the recipient receives the file, they can download it and then rename
it to %filename%.mdb on their end.


Jon


"alex" wrote in message
ups.com...
They're using Outlook '03 to receive the mail. They get a message
like "Outlook blocked access to the following potentially unsafe
attachments". I'm trying to send these attachments intra office; I
know they're safe. I'm unsure if I have access to the mail server.
I didn't know if there was a work-around, other than the one I
mentioned above.

If this is intra-office, why are you emailing the file? Why not drop it into
a shared network folder on a "common" drive? Access files can be really
large, why bog down your mailserver and increase both your mailbox size and
the recipient's with it when you don't need to?

--
Kathleen Orland
Blessed are the cracked, for it is they who let in the light
Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/
http://www.howto-outlook.com/



"Jon LaBarge" wrote:

The easiest way for this to get fixed it to rename the mdb to a different
extension. OL2K3 blocks mdb attachments automatically and there is no way to
unblock them.

Try calling it somthing like %filename%.md_
When the recipient receives the file, they can download it and then rename
it to %filename%.mdb on their end.


Jon


"alex" wrote in message
ups.com...
They're using Outlook '03 to receive the mail. They get a message
like "Outlook blocked access to the following potentially unsafe
attachments". I'm trying to send these attachments intra office; I
know they're safe. I'm unsure if I have access to the mail server.
I didn't know if there was a work-around, other than the one I
mentioned above.