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 !!!

"pg"  wrote in message 
news:ddf1db08-e28d-44d0-a9a1-3b00967dab50@u6g2000prc.googlegroups.com...
> 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 !!!



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.

On May 10, 6:58 pm, "PeeCee"  wrote:
> "pg"  wrote in message
>
> news:ddf1db08-e28d-44d0-a9a1-3b00967dab50@u6g2000prc.googlegroups.com...
>
>
>
> > 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 !!!
>
> 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.


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

Big brother attitude !!!

On May 10, 7:18 pm, "...winston"  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"  wrote in messagenews:ddf1db08-e28d-44d0-a9a1-3b00967dab50@u6g2000prc.googlegroups.com...
> > 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."

On May 11, 12:05 am, "...winston"  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"  wrote in messagenews:fbb99006-6fdb-4360-a7d7-5837961cfb39@a9g2000prl.googlegroups.com...
> > On May 10, 7:18 pm, "...winston"  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"  wrote in messagenews:ddf1db08-e28d-44d0-a9a1-3b00967dab50@u6g2000prc.googlegroups.com...
> >> > 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."

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

"pg"  wrote in message 
news:ed2735c7-9f2e-443e-9313-c82780064552@l28g2000prd.googlegroups.com...

>
> 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".
>

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"  wrote in message 
news:ed2735c7-9f2e-443e-9313-c82780064552@l28g2000prd.googlegroups.com...
> On May 11, 12:05 am, "...winston"  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"  wrote in 
>> messagenews:fbb99006-6fdb-4360-a7d7-5837961cfb39@a9g2000prl.googlegroups.com...
>> > On May 10, 7:18 pm, "...winston"  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"  wrote in 
>> >> messagenews:ddf1db08-e28d-44d0-a9a1-3b00967dab50@u6g2000prc.googlegroups.com...
>> >> > 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."
>

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/


pg wrote:
> 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 !!!

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
__________________________________

"pg"  wrote in message 
news:ddf1db08-e28d-44d0-a9a1-3b00967dab50@u6g2000prc.googlegroups.com...
> 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 !!!
>

On May 11, 10:46�am, "Dave"  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
>
> "pg"  wrote in message
>
> news:ed2735c7-9f2e-443e-9313-c82780064552@l28g2000prd.googlegroups.com...
>
>
>
> > On May 11, 12:05 am, "...winston"  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"  wrote in
> >> messagenews:fbb99006-6fdb-4360-a7d7-5837961cfb39@a9g2000prl.googlegroups.com...
> >> > On May 10, 7:18 pm, "...winston"  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"  wrote in
> >> >> messagenews:ddf1db08-e28d-44d0-a9a1-3b00967dab50@u6g2000prc.googlegroups.com...
> >> >> > 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."-
Mork does indeed appear unsafe.

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

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

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"  wrote in message 
news:ddf1db08-e28d-44d0-a9a1-3b00967dab50@u6g2000prc.googlegroups.com...
> 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 !!!

"Bob Lucas"  wrote in message
news:g0bnh9$flr$1@news.datemas.de...

> 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.

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.
-- 
TUT
__________________________________

"pg"  wrote in message 
news:ddf1db08-e28d-44d0-a9a1-3b00967dab50@u6g2000prc.googlegroups.com...
> 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 !!!
>