By asking in an Entourage newsgroup instead of hijacking a post from
November 2008.
<zandorf3 Goodman> wrote in message
: Entourage 2008 Mac OS 10
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: How do I unblock 'safe' attachments
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:
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: Ian McCulloch wrote:
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: Unblocking Safe Attachments
: 14-Nov-08
:
: Hi
:
: Outlook 2003 SP3/Exch 2003
:
: How do I unblock 'safe' attachments
:
: Attempting to attach a temp file and outlook 'strips' it
:
: Ian
:
: Previous Posts In This Thread:
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: On Friday, November 14, 2008 1:22 PM
: Ian McCulloch wrote:
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: Unblocking Safe Attachments
: Hi
:
: Outlook 2003 SP3/Exch 2003
:
: How do I unblock 'safe' attachments
:
: Attempting to attach a temp file and outlook 'strips' it
:
: Ian
:
: On Friday, November 14, 2008 1:29 PM
: Gordon wrote:
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: Re: Unblocking Safe Attachments
: Why would you be trying to send a "temp" (presumably a *.tmp) file in the
: first place?
:
: On Friday, November 14, 2008 1:35 PM
: Ian McCulloch wrote:
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: It is a legitmate business process - hard to explain if you are not
famliar
: It is a legitmate business process - hard to explain if you are not
famliar
: with our proprietary database
: Any thoughts?
:
: On Friday, November 14, 2008 1:47 PM
: Gordon wrote:
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: Re: Unblocking Safe Attachments
: Well most databases that I have come across do not use *.tmp files for
data
: transfer......and I have seen a lot in 20 years as a Systems/Management
: accountant.
: Have you tried zipping it?
:
: On Friday, November 14, 2008 1:55 PM
: VanguardLH wrote:
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: Re: Unblocking Safe Attachments
: Ian McCulloch wrote:
:
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: If Outlook is blocking you from attaching a "hazardous" filetype, why
: would you do so? That means anyone receiving your e-mail with that
: filetype and using Outlook would also have the attachment blocked (and
: once blocked the attachment is thereafter never available even after
: unblocking that filetype). So just because you could send it doesn't
: mean the recipient can get it.
:
: You could use the AttachmentOptions add-on to Outlook (find it at
:
www.slipstick.com) but only might let you attach the file. It won't do
: anything at the other end for the recipient that cannot see that
: attachment that is blocked on their end. You could rename the file to
: something else, like use .tmxp for its extension and tell the recipient
: to name it back to .tmp on their end. Or you could stick it in a .zip
: archive file. There is nothing that demands the file actually have an
: extension of .tmp. Even your requirements or those of the recipient are
: irrelevant since a file can be renamed anything you need to get around
: the problem. Also, even if it is a temporary file on your system,
: obviously it is not temporary to you use of it, so rename it appropriate
: to whatever created it and send the renamed file.
:
: On Friday, November 14, 2008 3:03 PM
: Ian McCulloch wrote:
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: Just looking for a quick answer Gordon - received belowOpen the Registry
: Just looking for a quick answer Gordon - received below
:
: Open the Registry Editor (choose Run from the Windows Start menu, type
: "Regedit", and click [OK]).
:
: Locate My Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\ Ver
: \Outlook\Security (where Ver is your version of Outlook: 9.0 for Outlook
: 2000; 10.0 for Outlook 2002; 11.0 for Outlook 2003).
:
: In the Security key, add a String value named "Level1Remove" (without the
: quotes).
:
: Modify the String value, and add the list of file types to allow Outlook
to
: open (separated by semicolons). For example: ".mdb;.adp;.mde;.ade"
(without
: the quotes).
:
:
: :
: On Friday, November 14, 2008 3:37 PM
: VanguardLH wrote:
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: Re: Unblocking Safe Attachments
: Ian McCulloch wrote:
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: <snip - describes regedit to remove block on .tmp filetype>
:
: All of which only helps YOU when *receiving* e-mails. Just how is you
: unblocking .tmp files going to do anything for the recipient who might
: also be blocking on .tmp files?
:
: When I attach "hazardous" files, Outlook warns me. It doesn't strip the
: attachment. If I heed the warning and do not attach then there is no
: attachment to strip out. If I ignore and attach the file anyway,
: Outlook attaches the file and sends it despite the warning that the
: recipient may not be able to use the attachment.
:
:
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