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Old November 12th, 2005, 08:26 PM
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I am using outlook for office xp. Outlook will not accept an
attachment that has an .mdb extension due to the security risk. How
can I get it to accept it. The only way I can get the file is if
someone zips the file.

thanks

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Old November 12th, 2005, 08:27 PM
Trevor Best
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jeff wrote:
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> I am using outlook for office xp. Outlook will not accept an
> attachment that has an .mdb extension due to the security risk. How
> can I get it to accept it. The only way I can get the file is if
> someone zips the file.
>
> thanks[/color]
Zip it, it's not just a security risk but a waste of bandwidth to send
unzipped bloaty files such as MDBs. ~A lot of EMail servers limit their
users to 4MB.

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Old November 12th, 2005, 08:27 PM
Fletcher Arnold
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"jeff" <jeff@sattutor.com> wrote in message
news:c7307e88.0403071501.2074fc54@posting.google.c om...[color=blue]
> I am using outlook for office xp. Outlook will not accept an
> attachment that has an .mdb extension due to the security risk. How
> can I get it to accept it. The only way I can get the file is if
> someone zips the file.
>
> thanks[/color]


Trevor's advice is very sensible for sending files, but since you can't
always control what other people send you, perhaps you could make a registry
key change on your own system to allow you to receive .mdb files. See the
following for details:
http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/esecup/getexe.htm

This is one reason not to send .mdb files. If the file is small, and I am
sending it to someone who is unlikely to have (or be able to use) zip
software, then I simply rename the file in case either the mail server or
client blocks it. E.g.

MyData.mdb => MyData-mdb

They then re-name it when they get it. However, I have seen cases where
files with no extension have been allocated a .dat extension somewhere along
their travels.

Fletcher


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Old November 12th, 2005, 08:27 PM
Trevor Best
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Fletcher Arnold wrote:
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> "jeff" <jeff@sattutor.com> wrote in message
> news:c7307e88.0403071501.2074fc54@posting.google.c om...
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>>I am using outlook for office xp. Outlook will not accept an
>>attachment that has an .mdb extension due to the security risk. How
>>can I get it to accept it. The only way I can get the file is if
>>someone zips the file.
>>
>>thanks[/color]
>
>
>
> Trevor's advice is very sensible for sending files, but since you can't
> always control what other people send you, perhaps you could make a registry
> key change on your own system to allow you to receive .mdb files. See the
> following for details:
> http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/esecup/getexe.htm
>
> This is one reason not to send .mdb files. If the file is small, and I am
> sending it to someone who is unlikely to have (or be able to use) zip
> software, then I simply rename the file in case either the mail server or
> client blocks it. E.g.
>
> MyData.mdb => MyData-mdb
>
> They then re-name it when they get it. However, I have seen cases where
> files with no extension have been allocated a .dat extension somewhere along
> their travels.
>
> Fletcher
>
>[/color]
There was a program I used to do this that also makes Outlook minimize
to the system tray as well (which is just another reg hack) but I can't
for the life of me remember the URL. I would have posted the link if I
did. Anyone remember that one? I just use the save settings wizard now
to get all those options across to a new PC.



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