I cannot receive or download email attachments

August 14, 2017     0 comments

To protect your computer from possible viruses, many email applications like Microsoft Outlook will not download file attachments with the following extensions:

  • .ade
  • .adp
  • .bas
  • .bat
  • .chm
  • .cmd
  • .com
  • .cpl
  • .crt
  • .exe
  • .hlp
  • .hta
  • .inf
  • .ins
  • .isp
  • .js
  • .jse
  • .lnk
  • .mdb
  • .mde
  • .msc
  • .msi
  • .msp
  • .mst
  • .pcd
  • .pif
  • .reg
  • .scr
  • .sct
  • .shs
  • .url
  • .vb
  • .vbe
  • .vbs
  • .wsc
  • .wsf
  • wsh
  • .xml 

To receive these file types you should ask the sender to put the attachment into a zip file and resend the email.


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