Re: "unsafe attachments" removed

In news:R4n7h.6$1s6.3@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net,
Alan Justice had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> I sent myself a .pdf file from myself, and OE called it "unsafe
> attachment" and deleted it.  Any guesses what the problem is?
>
>
>
> "Alan Justice" <spam@spamspamspam.spam> wrote in message
> news:%um7h.7751$l25.2436@newsread4.news.pas.earthlink.net...
>> I recently "upgraded" from OE 5.0 to 6.0.  I now often
cannot
>> receive file attachments (e.g., .dat, .pdf) because OE consideres
>> them "unsafe attachments."  I'm skeptical.
>>
>>
>> --
>> - Alan Justice

Cannot Open E-Mail Attachments in Outlook Express After You Install ... :
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/329570

You can disable it if you have decent security processes installed and 
frequent updates. You can do a lot MORE to it but, well, I suspect that 
isn't what you're looking for and are likely just looking to get your 
attachments.

-- 
Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
http://dts-l.org/  http://kgiii.info/

"Chance has put in our way a most singular and whimsical problem, and
its solution is its own reward." - Sherlock Holmes 

"Alan Justice" <spam@spamspamspam.spam> wrote in message 
news:R4n7h.6$1s6.3@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net...
>I sent myself a .pdf file from myself, and OE called it "unsafe
attachment"
> and deleted it.  Any guesses what the problem is?
>
>
> --
> - Alan Justice
>
> "Alan Justice" <spam@spamspamspam.spam> wrote in message
> news:%um7h.7751$l25.2436@newsread4.news.pas.earthlink.net...
>> I recently "upgraded" from OE 5.0 to 6.0.  I now often cannot
receive 
>> file
>> attachments (e.g., .dat, .pdf) because OE consideres them "unsafe
>> attachments."  I'm skeptical.

OE never deletes attachments.  It does remove access to unsafe file types, 
so if the attachment is really still there read on.

In OE go to Tools | Options | Security and uncheck "Do not allow
attachments 
to be saved or opened that could
potentially be a virus".

Please read these articles:

Using Virus Protection Features in Outlook Express 6
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/291387
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/329570
Description of how the Attachment Manager works in Windows XP Service Pack 2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/883260
and http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/faqs/why.htm#oe6attach

-- 
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Answer in newsgroup.  Don't send mail.

I recently "upgraded" from OE 5.0 to 6.0.  I now often cannot receive
file
attachments (e.g., .dat, .pdf) because OE consideres them "unsafe
attachments."  I'm skeptical.


--
- Alan Justice

I sent myself a .pdf file from myself, and OE called it "unsafe
attachment"
and deleted it.  Any guesses what the problem is?


--
- Alan Justice

"Alan Justice" <spam@spamspamspam.spam> wrote in message
news:%um7h.7751$l25.2436@newsread4.news.pas.earthlink.net...
> I recently "upgraded" from OE 5.0 to 6.0.  I now often cannot
receive file
> attachments (e.g., .dat, .pdf) because OE consideres them "unsafe
> attachments."  I'm skeptical.
>
>
> --
> - Alan Justice
>
>

Alan Justice <spam@spamspamspam.spam> schreef in berichtnieuws
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> I recently "upgraded" from OE 5.0 to 6.0.  I now often cannot
receive file
> attachments (e.g., .dat, .pdf) because OE consideres them "unsafe
> attachments."  I'm skeptical.

None of the replies contained an answer, just instructions how to
"circumvent" the problem.  So, I hope you will appriciate the next :

Yes, PDF's *can* be unsafe, because they can contain references to external
(possably malicious) websites.

The problem is that a PDF can be tricked by providing a un-resolvable
*internal* reference, and an alternate *external* reference.  This means
that it will *allways* try to get the external (mostly malicious) external
reference.

In short : any kind of data-file that contains scripting, including (but not
only) PDF and Word-files (let alone any kind of Active-X or Java-script),
*can* be used to transfer all kinds of nasties.

Regards,
  Rudy Wieser