Opening Blocked Attachments

Although it’s useful to block attachments in general, there will undoubtedly still be a occasional legitimate attachment that ends up blocked by Outlook 2007. Fortunately, even though attachments are blocked, you can still access them using a few other approaches. The attachment file type (Level 1 or Level 2) and the other e-mail programs available to you determine the best method for opening the file.

Allowing Level 1 Attachments

You can configure Outlook 2007 to allow certain Level 1 attachments (essentially removing them from the Level 1 list) by modifying the registry. (See "Configuring Attachment Blocking Directly in Outlook" earlier in this chapter for instructions.) You might want to do this if you find yourself repeatedly having to deal with the same type of blocked Level 1 attachment. If you are using Exchange Server, your ability to do this may be controlled by the administrator as described in "Configuring Blocked Attachments" earlier in this chapter.

Allowing Level 2 Attachments

Outlook 2007 also uses a list of Level 2 attachments, which are defined by the administrator at the server level (and therefore apply to Exchange Server accounts). You can’t open Level 2 attachments in Outlook 2007, but you can save them to disk and open them from there. To open a Level 2 attachment this way, follow these steps:

  1. Open the message, click the Microsoft Office Button, and then click Save As, Save Attachments. Select the attachment that you want to save.

  2. In the Save Attachment dialog box, specify the folder in which you want to save the file, and then click Save.

  3. Outside Outlook 2007, browse to the folder where you saved the attachment, and then open the file.

Because the Level 2 list is empty by default, no attachments are blocked as Level 2 attachments unless the Exchange Server administrator has modified the Level 2 list.

Note

For detailed information about configuring attachment blocking under Exchange Server, see "Configuring Blocked Attachments" earlier in this chapter.

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