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Blocked Attachments
Exchange/Outlook automatically blocks attachments with certain extensions. . .
Exchange/Outlook automatically blocks attachments with certain extensions. Most of these are extensions used by the Windows Operating System that are rarely needed to be sent via e-mail. The reason these types of files are blocked is because they are frequently used for propogating computer viruses.
Blocked attachments will appear in your message associated with the following message:
Access to the following potentially unsafe attachments has been blocked
However, if you discover that you really need to send/receive such attachments you have a couple options.
- Ask the sender to rename to file to have a non-blocked extension. For example, rename the file "mydatabase.mdb" to "mydatabase.mdb.txt" and send the renamed file. You will have to rename it back in order to open it.
- There is a 3rd party Outlook plugin that will allow you to change the list of blocked extensions. You need to contact Computer Support (help@coe.tamu.edu) to request installation of this plugin.