From MY copy of the message I sent containing the binary attachment I get no
response by clicking the program's icon or the 'paper clip'.

I get a message which says "Outlook Express has made the attachment
inaccessible". So its in my computer somewhere but I can't get at it. Not
that I want it.

At some time in the distant past I may have set OE to reject suspicious
non-standard attachments.

But out of curiosity, has anyone managed to download program SELFRES2 ?

Or has it been rejected simply because its a binary file sent via a
newsgroup?

Thank you for your cooperation.

Although the program is finished I am reluctant to make it generally
available via my website because it has not been tested against actual coils
for spurious responses in impedance resonant curves which might restrict
the operating bandwidth at the higher frequencies. It's unexpected defects
in the coils I am interested in rather than defects in the program.
----
Reg.

Reg,

I downloaded and launched the program without difficulty.

It is generally considered "unsafe" to pass around naked 'exe' files in
newsgroups. It is quite typical that newsreaders have a default to
disallow such files. I have also seen downloads of 'exe' files that came
through corrupted for some reason. I do not know why.

In any case the difficulty with bare 'exe' files is one reason that many
files are zipped up.

73,
Gene
W4SZ

(This group is set up as a non-binary group. However, there is no
mechanism that prevent binary attachments, so that would not be the
cause of the problem you report.)

Reg Edwards wrote:
From MY copy of the message I sent containing the binary attachment I get no
response by clicking the program's icon or the 'paper clip'.

I get a message which says "Outlook Express has made the attachment
inaccessible". So its in my computer somewhere but I can't get at it. Not
that I want it.

At some time in the distant past I may have set OE to reject suspicious
non-standard attachments.

But out of curiosity, has anyone managed to download program SELFRES2 ?

Or has it been rejected simply because its a binary file sent via a
newsgroup?

Thank you for your cooperation.

Although the program is finished I am reluctant to make it generally
available via my website because it has not been tested against actual coils
for spurious responses in impedance resonant curves which might restrict
the operating bandwidth at the higher frequencies. It's unexpected defects
in the coils I am interested in rather than defects in the program.
----
Reg.

"Reg Edwards" wrote in message
...

From MY copy of the message I sent containing the binary attachment I get
no
response by clicking the program's icon or the 'paper clip'.

I get a message which says "Outlook Express has made the attachment
inaccessible". So its in my computer somewhere but I can't get at it.
Not
that I want it.

At some time in the distant past I may have set OE to reject suspicious
non-standard attachments.

But out of curiosity, has anyone managed to download program SELFRES2 ?

Or has it been rejected simply because its a binary file sent via a
newsgroup?

Thank you for your cooperation.


Hi, Reg -

I am using XP. The attachment is grayed out in OE for me and is not
available. I have heard that M$ did that intentionally to minimize the
transmission of virii. If you simply rename the file extension to something
else, like SelfRes2.run perhaps, the file might then become available and
could be executed after renaming. Or you could just zip it up and it will
transfer okay.

I think. That's what I've heard, anyway.

John

"Reg Edwards" wrote in message
...

From MY copy of the message I sent containing the binary attachment I get
no
response by clicking the program's icon or the 'paper clip'.

I get a message which says "Outlook Express has made the attachment
inaccessible". So its in my computer somewhere but I can't get at it.
Not
that I want it.

At some time in the distant past I may have set OE to reject suspicious
non-standard attachments.

But out of curiosity, has anyone managed to download program SELFRES2 ?

Or has it been rejected simply because its a binary file sent via a
newsgroup?

Thank you for your cooperation.


Update...

In XP, I clicked Tools/Options then selected the Security tab. Unchecked the
"Do not allow attachments to be saved or opened...". I can get the file now.
I runs just fine.

John

On Wed, 03 Nov 2004 01:17:33 GMT, "John Smith"
wrote:
In XP, I clicked Tools/Options then selected the Security tab. Unchecked the
"Do not allow attachments to be saved or opened..."

Hi John,

You are now standing at the edge of the abyss.

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC

Richard Clark wrote:

On Wed, 03 Nov 2004 01:17:33 GMT, "John Smith"
wrote:

In XP, I clicked Tools/Options then selected the Security tab. Unchecked the
"Do not allow attachments to be saved or opened..."


Hi John,

You are now standing at the edge of the abyss.

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC

As someone with well over 10000 customers, I can assure you that Richard
is correct.

There was also announced today, an exploit that doesn't even need you to
click on it if you run, gasp!, Microsoft clients.

Here is the link to the story-

http://software.silicon.com/security...9125549,00.htm

and here is a link to the slashdot discussion of it -

http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?si...id=201&tid=218

I also have to admit that the exploit needs a dummy on the receiving end
to complete the circuit by having poor judgement/settings. They may be
able to write it to be better yet, though, and I'm hoping against hope, not.

tom
K0TAR

"Tom Ring" wrote in message
. ..
Richard Clark wrote:

On Wed, 03 Nov 2004 01:17:33 GMT, "John Smith"
wrote:

In XP, I clicked Tools/Options then selected the Security tab. Unchecked
the "Do not allow attachments to be saved or opened..."


Hi John,

You are now standing at the edge of the abyss.

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC

As someone with well over 10000 customers, I can assure you that Richard
is correct.

There was also announced today, an exploit that doesn't even need you to
click on it if you run, gasp!, Microsoft clients.

Here is the link to the story-

http://software.silicon.com/security...9125549,00.htm

and here is a link to the slashdot discussion of it -

http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?si...id=201&tid=218

I also have to admit that the exploit needs a dummy on the receiving end
to complete the circuit by having poor judgement/settings. They may be
able to write it to be better yet, though, and I'm hoping against hope,
not.

tom
K0TAR

Thanks, Richard and Tom, for your concern. I forgot to say that I
immediately turned that feature back on.

I also use Poptray to examine any mail before actually downloading with OE.
It's amazing how easy it is to spot unwanted emails.

73,
John

non-standard attachments.

But out of curiosity, has anyone managed to download program SELFRES2 ?

Or has it been rejected simply because its a binary file sent via a
newsgroup?

Thank you for your cooperation.

Running win 98 here. The file is grayed out but this hapens alot to me. I
tell OUtlook Express ro forward the message and from there I can run and or
save the program just fine. Thanks for the many fine programs.

John and Ralph,

Thanks very much for the likely explanations. We live and learn!

Johann, the intended primary recipient, also downloaded the attachment OK.

So all's well that ends well.
----
Reg.