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Outlook Web Access Corrupts HTML Attachments
Worried about why you're not getting the full content from your Email? If you're in a corporate environment, this may be the reason. Microsoft is protecting you!
By Scott Dunn Windows Secrets
The "Safe HTML" filter in Microsoft's Outlook Web Access for Exchange Server deletes code from HTML attachments without warning.
Microsoft claims the filtering protects users by removing malicious elements, but the deletions can ruin a collaborative project and the "feature" isn't present in any other Microsoft mail products.
Microsoft Exchange stealth-edits your e-mail
If you use Microsoft's Outlook Web Access (OWA) to send someone an HTML file, don't expect them to see any of the file's comments or scripts. The file you receive may look completely normal, but Microsoft has edited the comments from the file along with other material the company considers dangerous.
It gets worse. According to Microsoft Knowledge Base article 899394, OWA may corrupt the structure of the message, More...
By Scott Dunn Windows Secrets
The "Safe HTML" filter in Microsoft's Outlook Web Access for Exchange Server deletes code from HTML attachments without warning.
Microsoft claims the filtering protects users by removing malicious elements, but the deletions can ruin a collaborative project and the "feature" isn't present in any other Microsoft mail products.
Microsoft Exchange stealth-edits your e-mail
If you use Microsoft's Outlook Web Access (OWA) to send someone an HTML file, don't expect them to see any of the file's comments or scripts. The file you receive may look completely normal, but Microsoft has edited the comments from the file along with other material the company considers dangerous.
It gets worse. According to Microsoft Knowledge Base article 899394, OWA may corrupt the structure of the message, More...
Tags: outlook, access, base, edit, email, exchange, knowledge, microsoft, secrets, stealth
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