Sounds like you've got the Outlook security patch installed.

If you're connecting to an Exchange server using the workgroup method, then
the Exchange admin can change the settings to allow exe's for you. If you're
connecting via POP (with any server type, including Exchange) then there is
no way to override the exe rejections. It also completely blocks other
executable file types.

The best thing to do is have the exe file sent to you wrapped up in a zip
archive. Then I believe Outlook will let it through for.

Hope that helps,
Paul

> I recently received an e-mail from a co-worker. There was a small
> exe attached to the e-mail. Outlook indicates that a
> file was received. However this file is not accessible because it
> meets the requirements for a virus.
>
> "Outlook blocked access to the following potentially unsafe
> attachments: *.exe"
>
> I know what this file is and have been waiting for it. How do I
> get this file from Outlook.
>
> I feel like I'm having a tug-of-war with a dog. "now be a good
> program and let me have it" TUG......
>
> Gordon Varney
>

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