Hi Michael,
The way I understand it is that yes indeed it does disable the ability to
receive any attachment. I know that with Outlook XP there is an add on that
bypasses, but not for Outlook 2000. There for I have not installed SP2 as I
do not wish to be that disabled. I believe in practicing safe computing
rather than being dictated to as to what I can and can't do with my files.
Brad Loomis
Los Angeles, CA

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I am running Office 2000 professional, including Outlook 2000. If I was to
download and apply the extended e-mail security patch, I am confused as to
what restrictions this will place on me. If I understand correctly, the
extended security patch (or whatever it is called) will effectively block my
ability to receive any e-mail with an attachment that could be harmful, such
as an .exe or .com file, or .vbs file etc.

While I appreciate the concern behind this, does MS give me the opportunity
to override its security setting or does it really just block access and
that's that? What if someone needs to email me a legitimate .exe file that
we are collaborating on? If the security feature simply decides for me that
this is unacceptable and effectively makes it impossible for me to receive
the file, then that stinks and I will not install such a feature.

 Can someone tell me, before I download the patch, if by doing so I forever
forfeit my right to open an .exe file attachment or similar? If so, what a
totally stupid and arrogant way to deal with the security holes. They create
the holes and then if I want them plugged they take away legitimate and
necessary functionality. Geez. Or have I got it wrong?

Michael

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