Diane,
Only some hyperlinks come up with a blocked grey box. Surprisingly, one
that came up blocked was the e-mail from microsoft discussion groups telling
me that there was a response to my message. It seems unlikely to me that
this would be identified as a likely phishing url. The messages are in the
inbox folder. I am a member of the L.A. Computer Society. One of the
members told me how to copy the hyperlinks-- in essence, I copy them by
selecting after the last letter in the hyperlink, highlighting the link from
right to left-- when I do that, the copy option appears when I right click.
I was able to copy a link in your message using Control + C-- so now I have a
couple of ways to do so.
Thanks so much for your help. I was mystified by the grey boxes, and afraid
that I was compromising my security by relying on them before clicking.
Elizabeth Weinberger
"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote:
> blocked is added to suspected phishing urls. what folder is the message in?
> Is every message affected or just some?
>
> If you select the URL and click Ctrl+C, does it copy? BTW - the grey box is
> not clickable or usable in any manner - its just to show you the path the
> link points to, in case its different than the one that is in the message.
>
>
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> "tilly4"
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> news:D5721863-A44B-446D-B3AB-9C8B074D3895@microsoft.com...>> I can't right click on the grey box. It disappears when I do so. When I
>> right click the hyperlink, 'copy' is greyed out, and the only options
>> are:
>> select all and view source-- the latter just brings up a formatting of the
>> message in the e-mail.
>>
>> Today, when I wanted to click on a link in my e-mail that would direct me
>> to
>> responses to my question, the grey box began with 'blocked', and the link
>> led to an empy page.
>>
>> Can someone please help me? What is going on here? By the way, I am
>> using
>> Office 2003.
>>
>> "Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote:
>>
>>>> I want to copy hyperlinks in my email so I can paste them into the
>>>> browser
>>>> URL line. When I try to do so, a grey box appears below the link that
>>>> shows
>>>> the URL that will be opened, and the browser opens up to that address.
>>>> My
>>>> understanding is that it is dangerous to open links in email messages.
>>>> Why
>>>> can't I just copy the link?? I suspect it may be some kind of security
>>>> setting. I am using Norton Internet Security System-- latest version.
>>>>
>>>> I would appreciate any help with this. Thank you.
>>>
>>>
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