Outlook 2003 Attachment Blocking Security

[Dave Levine]

Hello,

I'd like to unblock .prf extensions from outlook and allow these items to be
opened not saved to disk on client machines. I know I can allow these items
to be saved by adding registry key Level1Remove. However, this does not
allow me to open the items through Outlook...

Please can someone help me.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

To do that, you'd need to implement the Outlook Security Settings folder on
your Exchange server. This will allow you to demote .prf files from Level 1
to Level 2 *and* down from Level 2.

What baffles me is why you would want users to be able to run .prf files
willy-nilly in the first place. They're quite powerful and should be invoked
only for specific purposes.

 

[Dave Levine]

Hello,

Thanks for the info... I was trying to work through this, this morning...
I'll get back to it and see if I can get it to work...

My reasoning behind opening these attachments that way is that I have users
who don't know how to save or manipulate files and folders in any way... I
was trying to make the process of opening these attachments easy for them...

I understand the security issues here, but I have in place a number of
filters on a gateway and on Exchange, and I feel it is best to ease their
process as we have a decent security policy in place.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

You really need to teach your users basic file management.

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