[plug] email with copyright protection? Maybe a bit [OT]?

[Daniel Pearson]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alex Polglaze" <apolglaze at book-keepingnetwork.com.au>
To: <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2004 8:43 AM
Subject: Re: [plug] email with copyright protection? Maybe a bit [OT]?


> G'day all,
>
>
> >>>I sent this person a jpeg file. She claims she received it, can see a
> >>>thumbnail view of it, but can't open it or save it. She says she gets
> >>>warnings about copyright violation when she tries.
> >>
> >>It could be the client doing it.
>
> Coming a bit late, but one of the members of our Rotary Club has a similar
> problem with a different message.
>
> He is running Norton and following an automatic update several months ago,
can
> no longer save or open attachments.

Are you sure it was the Norton update that did it? If they're using Outlook
Express, go into Tools > Options > Security and make sure that "Do not allow
attachments to be saved or opened that could potentially be a virus" isn't
ticked.. sometimes when OE updates, it automagically turns on that option..

> I don't think he gets the copyright message, but something similar.
>
> BTW, calls to the help desk have proved very unhelpful and nobody has been
able
> to solve his problem yet.
>
>
> Alex
>
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Cheers,
Daniel