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E-mail attachments getting blocked

Postby wiggins » Sun Apr 18, 2004 12:15 pm

Hi guys,
does anyone know how to get your e-mail to stop blocking so many attachments? It even blocks attachments sent from my Dad's office e-mail to my family home e-mail address... Can anyone tell me what the problem is and how to solve it? Thanks!
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Postby shooraijin » Sun Apr 18, 2004 12:36 pm

How are you reading your mail? Hotmail, Outlook, Eudora, Entourage, Pegasus, Apple Mail, Yahoo! Mail, ... ?
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Postby wiggins » Mon Apr 19, 2004 7:49 am

I use Outlook Express...
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Postby inkhana » Mon Apr 19, 2004 9:32 am

Is it possible your ISP is doing it? Some ISPs have settings that will prevent attachments it deems to be hazardous from being delivered. But then again, from what you said, I don't have enough information to figure if it's an Outlook setting or something to do with the ISP...


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Postby wiggins » Mon Apr 19, 2004 11:31 am

It does say that something removed it because it might be harmful... I think the something is called OE, but I'm not sure...
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Postby shooraijin » Mon Apr 19, 2004 11:42 am

OE = Outlook Express. You might look at its attachment settings (fortunately, I don't use Outlook ^^ ).
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