exe Attachments

[DianaH]

Has MS provided a workaround to allowing .exe attachments with Outlook.
Even if it's to pick what you want to allow, that would work. I don't think
I'd want a global permission in that area, but when I know someone is
sending an exe file, it would be nice to be able to accept. I was sending
someone a driver and of course, the exe file wasn't allowed.

Thanks.

 

[David Webb]

A workaround for files like this is to include them in Zip files and then notify
your recipient accordingly. Request that your colleagues use the same procedure.

| Has MS provided a workaround to allowing .exe attachments with Outlook.
| Even if it's to pick what you want to allow, that would work. I don't think
| I'd want a global permission in that area, but when I know someone is
| sending an exe file, it would be nice to be able to accept. I was sending
| someone a driver and of course, the exe file wasn't allowed.
|
| Thanks.
|
|

 

[DianaH]

Thanks David.
What I did is rename with a different extension, then instruct the person to
change and that seems to have worked. He had a scanner and had somehow lost
the software that goes with it, so I found it and sent to him ... being
fully aware that he might not be able to open it and that's exactly what
happened. I was hoping MS would allow this, even if on a "one-off" basis.

A workaround for files like this is to include them in Zip files and then
notify
your recipient accordingly. Request that your colleagues use the same
procedure.

| Has MS provided a workaround to allowing .exe attachments with Outlook.
| Even if it's to pick what you want to allow, that would work. I don't
think
| I'd want a global permission in that area, but when I know someone is
| sending an exe file, it would be nice to be able to accept. I was sending
| someone a driver and of course, the exe file wasn't allowed.
|
| Thanks.
|
|

 

[Milly Staples - MVP Outlook]

No, Microsoft is adamant about this - the only workarounds are what you have
already found and those on this page:
http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/esecup/getexe.htm

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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reading.

After furious head scratching, DianaH asked:

| Thanks David.
| What I did is rename with a different extension, then instruct the
| person to change and that seems to have worked. He had a scanner and
| had somehow lost the software that goes with it, so I found it and
| sent to him ... being fully aware that he might not be able to open
| it and that's exactly what happened. I was hoping MS would allow
| this, even if on a "one-off" basis.
|
| | A workaround for files like this is to include them in Zip files and
| then notify
| your recipient accordingly. Request that your colleagues use the same
| procedure.
|
| || Has MS provided a workaround to allowing .exe attachments with
|| Outlook. Even if it's to pick what you want to allow, that would
|| work. I don't think I'd want a global permission in that area, but
|| when I know someone is sending an exe file, it would be nice to be
|| able to accept. I was sending someone a driver and of course, the
|| exe file wasn't allowed.
||
|| Thanks.