# Outlook and attachments **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 21, 2013, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlook-and-attachments/651018 "2013-02-21T22:15:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dauerbach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c2a13f/32.png) [@dauerbach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dauerbach)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2013, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlook-and-attachments/651018/1 "2013-02-21T22:15:39Z")
My hotmail account has become Outlook, because, well, Bill Gates wanted it to. Now, when I go to look at attachments I had previously had no problem viewing I cannot even find them. Is there a was to negate this “improvement?” ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2013, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlook-and-attachments/651018/2 "2013-02-22T02:51:32Z")
> [@dauerbach](#): > > My hotmail account has become Outlook, because, well, Bill Gates wanted it to. Now, when I go to look at attachments I had previously had no problem viewing I cannot even find them. Is there a was to negate this “improvement?” Yes. Get a gmail account. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2013, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlook-and-attachments/651018/3 "2013-02-22T03:03:00Z")
If the “improvement” you want to negate is the switch to [Outlook.com](http://Outlook.com) from Hotmail, I don’t think you _can_ negate it. I believe that Microsoft is moving Hotmail accounts to [Outlook.com](http://Outlook.com) with the goal of eliminating Hotmail. And I just sent a couple of test messages from Gmail to my [Outlook.com](http://Outlook.com) email address. Both had attachments and I had no problem seeing the attachments in the messages. ---
**Author:** ![dauerbach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c2a13f/32.png) [@dauerbach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dauerbach)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2013, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlook-and-attachments/651018/4 "2013-02-22T13:30:29Z")
Before the switchover, these attachments were all ones I had looked at before. They have suddenly become locked, or disappeared, or something. I would prefer not to switch, simply because of the large number of people that use this particular address. ---
**Author:** ![Mavic\_Chen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@Mavic\_Chen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mavic_Chen)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2013, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlook-and-attachments/651018/5 "2013-02-22T15:04:38Z")
You can sign up for a gmail address and have it collect from [outlook.com](http://outlook.com), plus you can also send as [outlook.com](http://outlook.com) from gmail as well. ---
**Author:** ![HipGnosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/76d3ee/32.png) [@HipGnosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HipGnosis)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2013, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlook-and-attachments/651018/6 "2013-02-22T15:21:54Z")
First; ‘Outlook’ has many varities. You’re posting about [outlook.com](http://outlook.com). To prevent attachments from senders from being blocked: • Set your filter to Show attachments, pictures, and links for senders with good reputations. • Add the sender’s email on your safe senders. To set your filter. please follow these steps: 1. go to your inbox. 2. Click Options located on the upper right and select More options. 3. Under Preventing Junk Mail, click Filters and reporting. 4. Look for Block content from unknown senders, click the button beside Show attachments, pictures, and links for senders with good reputations. 5. Click Save. To add a safe sender: 1. go to your inbox 2. Click Options located at the upper-right side of the page. 3. Select More Options. 4. Under Preventing junk email, click Safe and blocked senders. 5. Click Safe senders. 6. Enter the email address or domain that you want to add in your safe senders list and click Add to list \>\>. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlook-and-attachments/651018/7 "2013-03-09T03:38:16Z")
I have used Hotmail since the late 1990’s. I still have my first email address through them. I am so disgusted with the new interface I am seriously considering shifting everything over to Gmail. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlook-and-attachments/651018/8 "2013-03-09T04:05:19Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > I have used Hotmail since the late 1990’s. I still have my first email address through them. > > I am so disgusted with the new interface I am seriously considering shifting everything over to Gmail. Gmail sucks pretty hard too.