Outlook Blocks links

[Jose M. Dominguez]

Hello:

We are installing outlook and we need to receive there some mails sent from
Lotus Notes applications. Those mails include links of the type
notes:///servername/path.

The problem is that Outlook is blocking the use of those links when we
receive the mail (it says it is potentially dangerous in a grey bar at the
header of the mail).

Does anybody know how to configure Outlook to change this behaviur, I've
tried to look for a menu option or adm. policy but I can't find anything on
"blocking links"

Thank You
Jose M. Dominguez

 

[Clayton]

Jose,
You might have to play around with the extensions for links but here is how
to do it.

By default, Outlook XP (part of Office 2002) won't allow you send or receive
certain types of attachments. The rationale is that these documents can
contain viruses or other harmful code, but the fact that Outlook doesn't let
you disable or at least customize this feature is just plain stupid. Here's
how to do it:


Open the Registry Editor. Goto Start-Run-Regedit - OK
Expand the branches to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ Software\ Microsoft\ Office\ 10.0\
Outlook\ Security
Create a new string value by selecting New and then String Value from the
Edit menu.
Name the new value Level1Remove.
Double-click the new Level1Remove to edit it, and enter the filename
extensions you'd like to stop Outlook from blocking. Extensions should be
typed in lower case, without the dots (.), and separated by semicolons (.
For example, type
exe;mdb;vbs to allow .exe, .mdb, and .vbs attachments, respectfully.
Click Ok and then close the Registry Editor when you're done. You may have
to restart Outlook for this change to take effect.

Clayton