Article ID: 982463 - Last Review: April 23, 2010 - Revision: 1.0

"Outlook Web Access has disabled this link for your security" error message when you click a link in an e-mail message in Outlook Web Access 2007

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SYMPTOMS

Consider the following scenario:
  • You have a computer that is running Microsoft Exchange Server 2007.
  • You receive an e-mail message that contains links from a sender on the Internet.
  • You open the e-mail message in Microsoft Outlook Web Access (OWA) 2007.
  • You click a link in the e-mail message.
In this scenario, you receive the following error message:
Link Disabled

Outlook Web Access has disabled this link for your security.
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CAUSE

This behavior is by design. In OWA 2007, URLs which do not comply with safe URL standards are replaced with a link to the UrlBlockedError.aspx page on the Client Access Server.

Note URLs such as a local URL, a standard http: or https: URL, or a URL that begins with mailto: or ftp: behave correctly in OWA 2007.
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WORKAROUND

This behavior is fixed in Microsoft Exchange Server 2010.
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APPLIES TO
  • Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Enterprise Edition
  • Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Standard Edition
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