Remove file extensions blocked as Level 1

This policy setting controls which types of attachments (determined by file extension) Outlook 2007 prevents from being delivered.

Outlook 2007 uses two levels of security to restrict users' access to files attached to e-mail messages or other items. Files with specific extensions can be categorized as Level 1 (users cannot view the file) or Level 2 (users can open the file after saving it to disk). Users can freely open files of types that are not categorized as Level 1 or Level 2.

If you enable this policy setting, you can specify additional file type extensions as Level 1--that is, to be blocked from delivery--by entering them in the text field provided separated by semicolons.

If you disable do not configure this policy setting, Outlook classifies a number of potentially harmful file types (such as those with .exe, .reg, and .vbs extensions) as Level 1 and blocks files with those extensions from being delivered. (See Attachment file types restricted by Office 2007 at http://r.office.microsoft.com/r/rlidGPOutlkAdminAndUserSet2?clid=en-us for the full list.)

Important - This setting is only used if the "Outlook Security Mode" Group Policy setting is configured to "Use Outlook Security Group Policy".

Supported on: At least Windows Vista

Removed Extensions:

Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Outlook\Security
Value NameFileExtensionsRemoveLevel1
Value TypeREG_SZ
Default Value

Example: ZIP;ICS;TXT


outlk12.admx

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