Well, it seems you simply cannot send an .exe file with MS outlook 2003.

I tried and no... not allowed. Under and cirucmstances whatsoever. A brief trip to help revealed this:

To provide enhanced security, Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 is designed to prevent you from unblocking attachments.

Because Outlook is so widely used, it has been the target of several virus attacks in the past that have affected millions of people. Microsoft has acted to protect people from files, such as .exe and .bat files, that are often used to run malicious scripts when opened. Unfortunately this makes file sharing less convenient for many people, but security must take precedence.

Microsoft Office 2003 file types most commonly shared between people, such as .doc, .xls, and .ppt files, are not blocked.

If you need to share files that have file types blocked by this feature, you have several options, including the following:

Rename the files to include a temporary file type that is not on the list of blocked file types...

Use a program, such as WinZip, to package files before you attach them to your e-mail message...

Post the files to a secure network share....


Does anyone use thunderbird? I'd use eudora, but the phone wont synch with it.

just rename it .ex1 or something! not that much of a pain... sure a hack will come along soon.
:)

You can override the Outlook .exe blocking by fiddling with the registry:

http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/esecup/getexe.htm

But it's probably easier (and less dangerous) to rename the file.

Originally posted by neeeeeeeeeek
just rename it .ex1 or something! not that much of a pain... sure a hack will come along soon.
:)

I can see it is easy to get around, but the problem is that the recipient may not be technically able enough to rename it back, unzip it, etc etc.

Registry hack seems good though.

Is there any other way of dealing with this issue because I lack the technical competence and I think the same applies to the person who I want to email an Outlook 2003 attachment.

This problem is known as Level1 issue. This example is ftomm the link above

Run Regedit, and go to this key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0\O utlook\Security (change 10.0 to 9.0 for Outlook 2000 SP3 or to 11.0 for Outlook 2003)
Under that key, add a new string value named Level1Remove.
For the value for Level1Remove, enter a semicolon-delimited list of file extensions. For example, entering this:

.mdb;.url

would unblock Microsoft Access files and Internet shortcuts. Note that the use of a leading dot was not previously required, however, new security patches may require it. If you are using "mdb;url" format and extensions are blocked, add a dot to each extension. Note also that there is not a space between extensions.

The same 4 exe files. Just put .exe under that registry key. If u are not able to do this I can create simple file which will do the procedure 4 u.

Originally posted by Phanerothyme
I can see it is easy to get around, but the problem is that the recipient may not be technically able enough to rename it back, unzip it, etc etc.

Registry hack seems good though.

Why dont you tell them how to do it in the email??

all they have to know is........right click on the file, click rename, change the name adding .exe on the end, press enter

ok thanks for that. but the real issue is I am also technicaly incompetent, dont fancy messing around with regedit and didnt understand what was suggested that I should do. :) Also I cant find the relevant files on the hard drive to do anything with :)

As I said in my post I can create simple file which will do the .exe unlocking 4 u. U just have to simple doubleclick(is u are technically able to do it :-)) on it...

Just PM me

Originally posted by Phanerothyme
I can see it is easy to get around, but the problem is that the recipient may not be technically able enough to rename it back, unzip it, etc etc.

Registry hack seems good though.

If the recipient is not technically able enough to rename it back, unzip it, etc etc.

It's unlikely that they'll be able to open / save a .exe attachment in Outlook (would mean fiddling with the registry).

Just add the exe to a zip file and there you go, problem solved.

Also shouldn't this thread be in the "Computer & Tech Chat" section?

Serapis, if you read the forum heading, I think you'll find this is the Computer & Tech Chat Section although when I did my search , I think the query was in miscellaneous or elsewhere.

The problem I now have is knowing where to find the outlook file and related data in order to attach the file to the email I want to send my friend.

I am also not at all happy about having a permanent security risk of the .exe file on this computer which does not belong to me, lent to me because I have voice loss problems and need to communicate effectively.

I'd therefore like to know the coding I need in order to remove safely this piece of coding from the registries.

I gave up on outlook.

Using thunderbird now - no looking back. It's not perfect, but it's a lot better.

Phan is it easy to export data from Outlook 2003 in to Thunderbird. Before go down that route please advise of its "warts" and other imperfections you have found? Out of curiosity what would need to have happen for Thunderbird to become perfect? Many thanks

Originally posted by Phanerothyme
I gave up on outlook.

Using thunderbird now - no looking back. It's not perfect, but it's a lot better.


I gave up on Thunderbird a while ago.

My current email app is TheBat8).

Thunderbird annoyed me for a long while, I now use Cone, a CLI text based mailer, and I love it.

Joel

How simple is it to use and configure? Where can I download it from? Please dont forget I dont have your level of techical expertise. Thanks