HELP !!!! Hotmail BLOCKS attachment !!

[pg]

Can hotmail users help me please ??

I asked my friend to send me something, and he sent it to me, as an
email attachment.

Now the problem is in Hotmail.

Hotmail has decided to BLOCK that attachment with the excuse of
"Windows Live Hotmail has blocked some attachments in this mail
because they appear unsafe."

C'mon, whether it's safe or unsafe, let the user be the one who
decides !!!

Why in the world Hotmail becomes the master of the users?

Can anyone please tell me how to UN-block that attachment??

I really need that attachment !!!

If it's unsafe, I have antivirus / anti-trojan / anti-spyware
installed to use against it.

Please, please tell me HOW to unblock the attachment currently being
blocked by Hotmail !!!

Thank you all !!!

[PeeCee]

"pg" <pen...@catholic.org> wrote in message
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Havent got a Hotmail screen in front of me, but from what I can remember
there 'is' an button to open or download the attachment on the screen.

Best
Paul.

[pg]

There "is" a button, but if Hotmail decided that the content is not
good for you, it just block everything.

Big brother attitude !!!

[pg]

On May 10, 7:18 pm, "...winston" <winston...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Crossposting removed for all but Hotmail and Windows Live Mail newsgroups.
>
> Ask the recipient to resend the file as zip file or a different extension(e.g. *.xyz, *.abc *.rename, *.need, *.elvis etc)
>
> For info on blocked file types..Read the section titled "Notes"http://help.live.com/Help.aspx?market=en-US&project=MailFull&querytyp...
>
> Fyi...free Hotmail accounts limit is 10MB; paid account is 20MB

File size is about 1MB, it's an old fractal freeware that the author
has already abandoned. My friend has a copy, so I asked him to send it
over, and now this ....

Geeeeeeshhhhh....

> --
> ...winston
> ms-mvp mail
>
> "pg" <pen...@catholic.org> wrote in messagenews:ddf1db08-e28d-44d0...@u6g2000prc.googlegroups.com...

[pg]

On May 11, 12:05 am, "...winston" <winston...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Fyi...
> Crossposting removed.Follow-up set to msn.discussion the appropriate group for Hotmail questions.
>
> And the extension of the original file was ?

.exe

The thing is that only NOW that I know hotmail deletes _ALL_ .exe file
attachments. The matter is this ... when I sign up for Hotmail, there
wasn't any mention of the "prohibited file extension" thing in the
"contract" at the sign-up page at all.

Shhhhhheeeeeeehhhhhh !!!

Other than Hotmail, do you know of any other webmail operator(s) also
do this thing? I wouldn't sign up the hotmail account if I knew of the
"prohibition list".

>
> --
> ...winston
> ms-mvp mail
>
> "pg" <pen...@catholic.org> wrote in messagenews:fbb99006-6fdb-4360...@a9g2000prl.googlegroups.com...

[Martin Blackstone]

Anything we can do to help you with your Exchange server?

"pg" <pen...@catholic.org> wrote in message

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[Dave]

Gmail
http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=6590&topic=12850

I just tested Yahoo, and it scanned my .exe attachment, then let me download
it.

--
Vista Home Premium 32 SP1
http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview

"pg" <pen...@catholic.org> wrote in message
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[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Hotmail Support & FAQ
https://support.live.com/eform.aspx?productKey=wlmail&ct=eformts

Can't download or send attachments
https://help.live.com/help.aspx?project=MailFull&market=en-us&querytype=topic&query=WL_MAIL_TROU_BLANKATTACHMT.HTM&tmt=&domain=support.live.com&format=a2
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/

[Urbane.Tiger]

G'day pg,

This is not a direct answer, but alternatives to think about for the future

It's not only Hotmail that chokes on attachments, different ISP's and web
mail services also put limits on number of & size of attachments etc,

The historical solution has been FTP, but setting up FTP servers is
something most folks would want to avoid.

A more recent innovation is password protected uploads to a public file
sharing site (FileSharing.com etc) - such uploads are usually crackable and
unless the uploader maintains an account (with $'s in it) most of these
sites remove files after say 30 days of no downloads.

Another service is what I dub the virtual private file server, the only one
I've used is DropIt.com ,it works but its awkward. There may be others that
are easier to use.

The "thing" I'm investigating is Windows.Live.FolderShare - it looks
promising but it does require the sharers have Fileshare installed and that
they each have a Passport id. It would good if Passport Id's were Open Id's
but as of now they are not, maybe when Steve (TheDinosaur) BullinAchinaShop
goes away, they will become so. I thought Skype had a similar feature but
it was either in my dreams or it's hidden in a very remote and dark corner
to which I can no longer find my way.

Stamped addressed envelopes with diskettes in them also work.
--
TUT
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"pg" <pen...@catholic.org> wrote in message

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[macro....@gmail.com]

On May 11, 10:46�am, "Dave" <kb9...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Gmailhttp://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=6590&topic=12850

>
> I just tested Yahoo, and it scanned my .exe attachment, then let me download
> it.
>
> --

> Vista Home Premium 32 SP1http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview

> >> >> > because they appear unsafe."-
Mork does indeed appear unsafe.

[an_old_friend]

On May 12, 12:26 am, macro.mor...@gmail.com wrote:
>
fake

[Gavin.Mi...@gmail.com]

> Mork does indeed appear unsafe.- Hide quoted text -
>
>
not to mention mork is one nasty, ugly sperm guzzler.

[an old friend]

On May 12, 10:31 am, Gavin.Mingleb...@gmail.com wrote:
> On May 11, 11:26 pm, macro.mor...@gmail.com wrote:

fake on fake

[Bob Lucas]

As a test, I sent an exe file to my Hotmail address. When I logged onto
Hotmail via the webmail interface, I received the same error message
("Windows Live Hotmail has blocked some attachments in this mail because
they appear unsafe"). All attempts to unblock the attachment via the
webmail interface failed.

Fortunately, there is a solution to this problem.

If you install Windows Live Mail as a standalone application on your PC,
you may be able to use Windows Live Mail to access your Hotmail inbox
via the HTTP server at
http://services.msn.com/svcs/hotmail/httpmail.asp. Then, provided your
anti-virus software is running / up-to-date, you should change the
following local setting to unblock access to "unsafe attachments" in
Windows Live Mail:

a) Open Windows Live Mail

b) Click on Tools / Safety Options / Security

c) Untick the box marked "Do not allow attachments to be saved or
opened that could potentially be a virus"

I believe it may also be possible to access Hotmail folders, if you have
installed Outlook 2003 or Outlook 2007 on your PC. However, I don't
have Outlook 2003 or 2007, so I can't vouch for this aspect.

"pg" <pen...@catholic.org> wrote in message

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[Robert Aldwinckle]

"Bob Lucas" <b...@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> If you install Windows Live Mail as a standalone application on your PC,
> you may be able to use Windows Live Mail to access your Hotmail inbox
> via the HTTP server at
> http://services.msn.com/svcs/hotmail/httpmail.asp. Then,

...

FWIW what works in OE in the same scenario
but without changing any security settings
is to forward the E-mail (e.g. press Ctrl-f)
then the attachment can be dragged off
the new E-mail. I don't have WLMail
configured for Mail so I don't know
for sure if this still works there too.

[Urbane.Tiger]

Have you tried encapsulating into a zipped folder - my recent experience
lends me to suspect if you send an .exe to a Hot/Live mail address as an
attachment, then the Hot/Live mail scanners choke on it. But if you
compress it into a .zip they don't - which means the hot/Live mail scanners
don't look inside compressed objects. If they still choke on it then
encrypt & password protect the .zip, that's give the scanners something on
which to chew.
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TUT
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"pg" <pen...@catholic.org> wrote in message
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[williekisha]

as

[nabilah]

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

This is not an Exchange issue - doesn't need to be crossposted to this
group.

[bg]

why cant i open my attachment as it is only for me and important only to me

[Rich Matheisen [MVP]]

On Sun, 4 Oct 2009 13:12:01 -0700, bg <b...@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:

>why cant i open my attachment as it is only for me and important only to me

How is this pertinent to MS Exchange?
---
Rich Matheisen
MCSE+I, Exchange MVP

[Bob Lucas]

You have posted your questions on so many newsgroups that it is
not clear how you access messages in your Hotmail inbox.

If you are using a web-browser to sign into your Hotmail account,
then you may find that there is no easy way to unblock the
message via the webmail interface.

If you are using Windows Live Mail to download messages to your
local computer, run WLMail and uncheck the box marked "Do not
allow attachments to be opened or saved that potentially could be
a virus". Then, download the message (using the POP3 or HTTP
server). Hopefully, WLMail will allow you to open or save the
attachment.

Alternatively, would it be possible for the originator to re-send
the message? If so, ask him/her to zip the file, before
re-sending. When you receive the message, you should be able to
save the file onto your local computer - and "unzip" it.

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