Jim, Thanks MUCH for this great bunch of info - sure saved my butt believe me.
By the way, have you done any work with Outlook, and how it compares to work with versus OE??? Sincerely, Ralph Jim McQueeney wrote: > > rb47 wrote: > > To one and all, > > > > I am finding a problem I did not expect and is one I dont know the way > > to change. > > > > I have been setting up a friend's computer, and installing WinXP on it. > > Since she got to dislike Netscape 7.1 on Win98, I sugguested she use OE > > with the new XP install. Things went well with the setup of her OE mail > > account, and importing her old emails. > > > > UNFORTUNATELY, I am now discovering a problem I was NOT expecting - > > after I went to look at some of her emails, both new mail as well as > > those inported into OE from Netscape, several emails that have > > attachments, when you click on the paper clip, OE tells you it blocked > > access to the potentially dangerous attachment. One of the newest emails > > is from an elder in her church with a DOC file with important info for > > her to look at. BUT it has been blocked by OE. This one and a number of > > other emails with attachments are the same issue. NONE of these emails > > has problem attachments and each is info she needs to have access to. > > > > I went into settings and can not find anywhere to change OE to let > > attachments be openable - how do I do so???? > > > > HELP!!!! > > > > Ralph > > > > Aloha Ralph, > > Look under 'Tools' ==> 'Options' ==> 'Security,' on that dialog window > there is a section called "Virus Protection." there are two 'check' type > controls here. One says "Do not allow attachments to be saved or opened > that could potentially be a virus." Remove the check mark long enough to > get at the attachment you want but put it back as soon as you're done. > > Have a wonderful day! > > Aloha, a hui hou... > > -- > * Jim McQueeney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ** > *** Jim McQueeney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> *** > ******PGP/GPG ** DH: 0x22768E06 ****** > ********Keys *** DH: 0x41B6F689 ****** ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
