Yes, excellent idea. That is one of the ways I tell clients to send files. Our full policy on e-mail attachments is located at http://www.eservicesforyou.com/documents/emailattachments.pdf if anyone would like to use that as a template. John Tolmachoff MCSE CSSA Engineer/Consultant eServices For You www.eservicesforyou.com -----Original Message----- From: Chris Nielsen [mailto:cnielsen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 8:19 PM To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] RE: why my attach. gets blocked http://www.MSExchange.org/ There are times when I want to send out a .reg file to my fellow workers, and this is one of the file types that Outlook blocks. In these cases I simply rename the file to regkey.regDELETE and tell the recipient to rename the file deleting the DELETE. This allows the attachment to get through, and assures I meant to send the file not some virus or Trojan on my machine so they're pretty safe executing the file once they've renamed it. Chris Nielsen Systems Administrator New Dawn Technologies -----Original Message----- From: John Tolmachoff (Lists) [mailto:johnlist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 2:09 PM To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] RE: why my attach. gets blocked http://www.MSExchange.org/ I think more importantly, why do you want to allow an attachment that if a user clicks on it could: 1. Send itself to everyone is your address book. 2. Send all your personal data to somewhere. 3. Use your computer for attacks. 4. Control your computer. 5. Wipe out your data. 6. Etc. John Tolmachoff MCSE CSSA Engineer/Consultant eServices For You www.eservicesforyou.com -----Original Message----- From: Chris McNally [mailto:cmcnally@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 11:59 AM To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] RE: why my attach. gets blocked http://www.MSExchange.org/ KB Article 290497: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3BQ290497 _____ From: Fereydoon Tahmooressi [mailto:fereydoon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 11:57 AM To: [ExchangeList] http://www.MSExchange.org/ Hi, I have E2K, SP3, my outlook XP users get some of their attachments blocked. They get a message that outlook has blocked it. They are .VBS; I did not do anything to cause this. How do I unblock or change settings in either Exchange server or Outlook client. Thanks. ------------------------------------------------------ List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Exchange Newsletters: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/newsletter.asp Exchange FAQ: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/larticle.asp?type=FAQ ------------------------------------------------------ ISA Server Resource Site: http://www.isaserver.org Windows Security Resource Site: http://www.windowsecurity.com/ Windows 2000/NT Fax Solutions: http://www.ntfaxfaq.com ------------------------------------------------------ You are currently subscribed to this MSExchange.org Discussion List as: johnlist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send a blank email to $subst('Email.Unsub') ------------------------------------------------------ List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Exchange Newsletters: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/newsletter.asp Exchange FAQ: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/larticle.asp?type=FAQ ------------------------------------------------------ ISA Server Resource Site: http://www.isaserver.org Windows Security Resource Site: http://www.windowsecurity.com/ Windows 2000/NT Fax Solutions: http://www.ntfaxfaq.com ------------------------------------------------------ You are currently subscribed to this MSExchange.org Discussion List as: cnielsen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send a blank email to $subst('Email.Unsub') ------------------------------------------------------ List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Exchange Newsletters: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/newsletter.asp Exchange FAQ: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/larticle.asp?type=FAQ ------------------------------------------------------ ISA Server Resource Site: http://www.isaserver.org Windows Security Resource Site: http://www.windowsecurity.com/ Windows 2000/NT Fax Solutions: http://www.ntfaxfaq.com ------------------------------------------------------ You are currently subscribed to this MSExchange.org Discussion List as: johnlist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send a blank email to $subst('Email.Unsub')