Links in a network environment problems

[Gordon Price]

Outlook, in an attempt to block POTENTIALLY dangerous files, will not let
you send a link of any kind. However, in a network environment, e:mailing a
link to a file on the server so someone can look at it is HUGELY superior to
sending a copy of the file. It would be nice if Outlook was smart enough to
only display links to files within the local network, and to block links to
web sites. Better yet, I would like to turn off link blocking, as we have
virus software that is updated daily, and blocking everything is just lame.

Is this possible, and how does one go about it.

Gordon Price
CAD Manager
Thomas Hacker Architects

 

[Roady]

Use the Office Recourse Kit. It contains a template which allows you to
modify default security settings for Outlook by using the Outlook Security
template.

Also when you have the group policies templates installed you can set a
policy that will allow you to save the blocked files. The policy is under;
User configuration-> Administrative Templates-> Microsoft Outlook-> Tools |
Options-> Security-> Allow access to e-mailattachments

Hope this helps!

 

[Gordon Price]

Use the Office Recourse Kit. It contains a template which allows you to
modify default security settings for Outlook by using the Outlook Security
template.

Also when you have the group policies templates installed you can set a
policy that will allow you to save the blocked files. The policy is under;
User configuration-> Administrative Templates-> Microsoft Outlook-> Tools |
Options-> Security-> Allow access to e-mailattachments

Roady,

So I found HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Outlook\Security\Level1Remove=lnk;url
and it does allow the attachment, but it seems to leave it in Level2, so I have to save the link to the HD. LAME! I tried adding a Level2Remove as well, but that doesn't seem to work. Is the GPO based way you mentioned going to result in LNK & URL files opening from e:mail with no stupid warnings, and let the AV software we spent good money on do it's job? At this point, Outlook's lame attempts at security are just getting in the way. I mean really, blocking a URL? And if it is pointing to Satan's own file, what benifit is it to allow you to save it to disk and then use it. You just end up pissed off and infected, or in our case pissed off and not infected because we have AV.

Thanks again, making progress and still crossing fingers.

Gordon

 

[Roady]

No, going from level 2 to level 3 is not possible.

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Use the Office Recourse Kit. It contains a template which allows you to
modify default security settings for Outlook by using the Outlook Security
template.

Also when you have the group policies templates installed you can set a
policy that will allow you to save the blocked files. The policy is under;
User configuration-> Administrative Templates-> Microsoft Outlook-> Tools |
Options-> Security-> Allow access to e-mailattachments

Roady,

So I found
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Outlook\Security\Level1Remo
ve=lnk;url
and it does allow the attachment, but it seems to leave it in Level2, so I
have to save the link to the HD. LAME! I tried adding a Level2Remove as
well, but that doesn't seem to work. Is the GPO based way you mentioned
going to result in LNK & URL files opening from e:mail with no stupid
warnings, and let the AV software we spent good money on do it's job? At
this point, Outlook's lame attempts at security are just getting in the way.
I mean really, blocking a URL? And if it is pointing to Satan's own file,
what benifit is it to allow you to save it to disk and then use it. You just
end up pissed off and infected, or in our case pissed off and not infected
because we have AV.

Thanks again, making progress and still crossing fingers.

Gordon