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Outlook XP doesn't send working (i.e., clickable) links :(

#1 User is offline   Ron_Jeremy 

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Posted 04 August 2002 - 09:13 AM

Outlook XP (not Outlook Express) refuses to send working (i.e., clickable) links. If I am on a webpage, say www.google.ca for example, & go to File > Send > Link by Email, the link shown in Outlook (in the email about to be sent) appears as www.google. The ".ca" is missing from the end of the url. Thus, when the recipient of my email atempts to click on the link I sent, he gets a "bad" page. This happpens whether its .com, .net, or what ever is on the end of the url I send.

I have a feeling this is related to security settings. I may have fiddled around with them, but it was a very long time ago & can't remember what I did.

Anyone have any suggestions?
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#2 User is offline   jdulmage 

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Posted 04 August 2002 - 10:35 AM

it is probably thinking that they are file extensions and blocks them.
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#3 User is offline   uboofer 

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Posted 04 August 2002 - 04:48 PM

Outlook XP blocks all sorts of file extensions such as .com, .exe, .pdf, ...

There is a registry hack that will allow you to make them send but you will have to dig thru Microsoft technets to get the correct keys.
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#4 User is offline   clutch 

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Posted 04 August 2002 - 07:31 PM

Make sure that you are sending email in HTML or Rich Text Formats (HTML would be preferred). Also, if using HTML, make sure to have a good email virus scanner as that's how the newer control-based viruses and worms are coming in.
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#5 User is offline   Mr.Guvernment 

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Posted 05 August 2002 - 02:15 AM

yeah, it is a securty setting, here is what i get if u try to sned this page out:



and i do not see anything either in outlooks security settings, but shall look some more.
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#6 User is offline   Ron_Jeremy 

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Posted 05 August 2002 - 03:28 AM

Mr.Guvernment, that's exactly what I see too! Any idea on how to fix? Damn silly that I can't even send a link to a web page. This doesn't happen with Outlook Express.
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#7 User is offline   Mr.Guvernment 

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Posted 06 August 2002 - 02:51 AM

i am, still looking around for an actual way to do it, instead of a reg hack, you would THINK they would let YOU choose the security on your own computer..lol
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#8 User is offline   clutch 

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Posted 06 August 2002 - 06:18 PM

Check out this utility to do it. It also appears to be free, so that's handy.

http://www.mcdev.com/outlook.html
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Posted 07 August 2002 - 12:39 AM

I use the following and it works great!!!!

http://www.slovaktech.com/attachmentoptions.htm
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