i have a question regarding an email i got my girlfreind today. i open the email and the body of it shows up, but i cant open the attachment. it says "OE removed access to the following unsafe attachments in your mail: Doc1.doc" i dont know why its doin this, i added her to my adress book and all that, and i think i can trust my girlfriend. anyway, any help on this would be so apreciated. thanks in advance everyone.

i guess it would have helped if i asked "is there anyway i can open this file without the risk of deleting it by mistake?"

In OE, Tools, Options, Security. Uncheck the box that reads "Do not allows attachments to be saved....etc.." Soylent Green is PEOPLE!!!

Are you sure it's not a virus? I suggest that you check with your girl friend first, to make sure that she sent it.

I agree with Jennifer same thing happened to me and that is how I fixed the problem. Ever considered using Thunderbird much better than Outlook Express Merle Jennings

thanks for the replies, i did what Jennifer SUMN said and it worked. i know she sent the email because she told me she was gonna send it. i cant use firebird because of one setting that i need for my email to work. i dont know if its in firebird, i tried once but never succeeded. outlook express is fine, im not an avid emailer. the one setting is my outgoin server requires authentication. but not only that, firebird takes forever to launch on my 400, outlook is instantaneous, so thats another reason. anyway, thanks guys!

Set yourself up to show all file extensions and make sure you don't open any attachments you shouldn't. These, for example, are dubious: .exe .pif .bat .cmd Almost anything that appears to have a double extension is a virus. .zip files can be anything. If you keep your AV up to date it should help. DerekW