yes OE security settings default to not allowing opening of attachments. Rick ======= Contact Information: Skype ID: rharmon928 MSN ID: rharmon928@xxxxxxxxxxx Email: rickharmon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Phone: 330-724-6093 Location: Akron, Ohio USA Visit my new mailing list on www.freelists.org blind_geek_zone "The chief handicap of the blind is not blindness, but the attitude of seeing people towards them." - Helen Keller, 1925 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank M Ventura" <frankmventura@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 11:52 PM Subject: RE: Help for a friend Are you sure it is her firewall that is blocking her attachments or is it her settings in her email client? -----Original Message----- From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Glenna Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 11:23 PM To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Help for a friend My friend has windows xp home and jaws 5.0. She has the windows firewall installed. Because of this, she cannot receive attatchments, is there a fire wall that is better for her to use? Glenna Glenna Burgess Windows Messenger screen name, earthmother122 AIM Screen Name, earthmother122 Yahoo Messenger Screen Name, earthmother122 -- To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx