All I want to do is URL

[Steve Coan]

I get "Attachment Security Warning...WARNING! This file may contain a computer virus that can be harmful..." with the "Save To Disk..." and "Cancel" as the only options. OK. I've been down this road before with the Level1Remove key so that I can send and receive attachments (.zip, ..exe, .cab, etc.) with Outlook 2002. However, I still haven't figured out how to receive a .url attachment without saving it to disk. I have already read the KB articles:

259514 "XCLN: How to Modify the Behavior of the Attachment Security Warning in Outlook 2000 SR-1",
278144 "OL2002: Wrong Security Message Appears with E-mail Text Attachment",
235309 "Outlook E-mail Attachment Security Update",
318515 "OL2000: Cannot Access Attachments",
290497 "OL2002: You Cannot Open Attachments"

None of them work. The first one was the most promising and gave instructions on how to workaround this behavior using a RemoveWarningFileTypes key (coupled with a necessary AddWarningFileTypes key with a dummy entry), but it didn't work--at least with Outlook 2002 (since Outlook 2000 SR1 security patch was released concurrently with Outlook 2002 and was based on the same FEATURE requirements, it would be reasonable to use the same mechanism to work around this FEATURE). I also tried putting the key in HKCU and HKLM just to make sure the KB didn't make a typo. No, I'm not willing to buy another product to enable Outlook to deliver me my mail. I'll just use something else if that's the only way.

Anybody worked around this?

 

[Roady]

Just use a simple copy and paste from the addressbar to create a hyperlink.
You can also use this little tweak
http://www.slipstick.com/files/mailto_url.zip

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I get "Attachment Security Warning...WARNING! This file may contain a
computer virus that can be harmful..." with the "Save To Disk..." and
"Cancel" as the only options. OK. I've been down this road before with the
Level1Remove key so that I can send and receive attachments (.zip, .exe,
..cab, etc.) with Outlook 2002. However, I still haven't figured out how to
receive a .url attachment without saving it to disk. I have already read
the KB articles:

259514 "XCLN: How to Modify the Behavior of the Attachment Security Warning
in Outlook 2000 SR-1",
278144 "OL2002: Wrong Security Message Appears with E-mail Text Attachment",
235309 "Outlook E-mail Attachment Security Update",
318515 "OL2000: Cannot Access Attachments",
290497 "OL2002: You Cannot Open Attachments"

None of them work. The first one was the most promising and gave
instructions on how to workaround this behavior using a
RemoveWarningFileTypes key (coupled with a necessary AddWarningFileTypes key
with a dummy entry), but it didn't work--at least with Outlook 2002 (since
Outlook 2000 SR1 security patch was released concurrently with Outlook 2002
and was based on the same FEATURE requirements, it would be reasonable to
use the same mechanism to work around this FEATURE). I also tried putting
the key in HKCU and HKLM just to make sure the KB didn't make a typo. No,
I'm not willing to buy another product to enable Outlook to deliver me my
mail. I'll just use something else if that's the only way.

Anybody worked around this?

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP]]

In versions of Outlook with the email security update, the only way to receive a URL and be able to open it directly, without saving it to disk, is to have the Exchange administrator (if your mail server is Exchange) bump it out of both Level 1 and Level 2 status. You cannot make this happen as an end-user.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Outlook and Exchange solutions at http://www.slipstick.com
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming: Jumpstart
for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers


I get "Attachment Security Warning...WARNING! This file may contain a computer virus that can be harmful..." with the "Save To Disk..." and "Cancel" as the only options. OK. I've been down this road before with the Level1Remove key so that I can send and receive attachments (.zip, ..exe, .cab, etc.) with Outlook 2002. However, I still haven't figured out how to receive a .url attachment without saving it to disk.

 

[Steve Coan]

I am the Exchange Administrator. How do I make this happen?

I am running Outlook 2002 on my own computer and I am the administrator.
There is no Exchange application server.

Thanks,
Steve Coan

In versions of Outlook with the email security update, the only way to
receive a URL and be able to open it directly, without saving it to disk, is
to have the Exchange administrator (if your mail server is Exchange) bump it
out of both Level 1 and Level 2 status. You cannot make this happen as an
end-user.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Outlook and Exchange solutions at http://www.slipstick.com
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming: Jumpstart
for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers


I get "Attachment Security Warning...WARNING! This file may contain a
computer virus that can be harmful..." with the "Save To Disk..." and
"Cancel" as the only options. OK. I've been down this road before with the
Level1Remove key so that I can send and receive attachments (.zip, .exe,
..cab, etc.) with Outlook 2002. However, I still haven't figured out how to
receive a .url attachment without saving it to disk.

 

[Steve Coan]

OK. That's what I'll do when I send a hyperlink so as not to make it
impossible for others to open a simple link without having to save the file
to disk, navigate to it, and launch it by double-clicking. But what about
receiving? Is there any registry setting to modify this bad behavior?

Thanks,
Steve Coan

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP]]

If there is no Exchange application server, then there is no Exchange administrator. You are, instead, a standalone end-user and cannot change the behavior of Outlook in that manner.
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Outlook and Exchange solutions at http://www.slipstick.com
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming: Jumpstart
for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[Steve Coan]

Thanks for helping, Sue. In KB article 290499, Microsoft says, "You may
need to grant a non-Exchange Server user access to a particular file type
that is commonly sent or received. You can configure a Microsoft Windows
Registry setting to allow a user access to specific restricted file types.
For additional information, click the article number below to view the
article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 290497 OL2002: You Cannot Open
Attachments ". I don't want to be argumentative, but I can and have edited
my registry according to KB article 290497. I "bumped out" other file types
(e.g. .zip, .exe). I just cannot get .url and perhaps some others.

Steve Coan


If there is no Exchange application server, then there is no Exchange
administrator. You are, instead, a standalone end-user and cannot change the
behavior of Outlook in that manner.
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Outlook and Exchange solutions at http://www.slipstick.com
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming: Jumpstart
for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP]]

If I remember your earlier posts, you are getting the intended result with the registry entry -- you can access the .url file by saving it to disk and then opening the saved file. That's all the access that an end-user can get.
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Outlook and Exchange solutions at http://www.slipstick.com
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming: Jumpstart
for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[Steve Coan]

What other kind of user is there?

Steve Coan

If I remember your earlier posts, you are getting the intended result with
the registry entry -- you can access the .url file by saving it to disk and
then opening the saved file. That's all the access that an end-user can get.
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Outlook and Exchange solutions at http://www.slipstick.com
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming: Jumpstart
for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP]]

A user working in an environment where Microsoft Exchange is the mail server may have other options set by the mail administrator.
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Outlook and Exchange solutions at http://www.slipstick.com
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming: Jumpstart
for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers