Hotmail Question 2

[DColcl]

For some reason I am unable to open a file of a picture that I have emailed to myself. I get the message in Hotmail that the attachemtn will not be opened because Hotmail thinks it may be a virus...... or something to this effect.

I know it's not because I'm the one sending it. I have heard of this new "feature" of Hotmail before so I know it's a configuration, yet I'm unable to find where I can do it.

Any thoughts?

Dan

 

[fkegley]

There was something recently that I saw about files with a WMF extension being susceptible to infection. That, I believe is proprietary to Microsoft, so they may have arranged for Hotmail to block opening those kinds of files.

Frank kegley

 

[jimp56]

another common trick to avoid these "protections" is to rename the file's extension to something like .OLD -- also maybe ZIP it....

 

[Helenp1983]

Zipping is a good idea, hotmail won't let me open my databases, so i zip them.

 

[DColcl]

Great ideas! Thank you all for your help.....and a star for each of you! :+D

Dan