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Special Instructions for Emailing Access DBs

Ever since the world got worried about the bad-guys spreading computer viruses through email, Microsoft has been "protecting us" from all those bad guys.  One of the undesirable side-effects of their protection scheme though, is that its a lot harder to email some kinds of files, even when you have no evil intentions.  One of the file types that they've made it harder to email is Access Database Files (anything with a ".mdb" extension).

If you are emailing an Access file you need to do a little bit of "pre-work" before you can email it.  Basically all you need to do is rename the file so that the extension is something that sounds benign, like ".mmm" instead of ".mdb".  For instance, if you have a file called "schedule.mdb", then rename it to "schedule.mmm" before you email it. 

If you're not sure how to rename a file, here's some step-by-step instructions:

1. Open Windows Explorer (you can right-click on your START button to do this)
2. Navigate to the file, so that its name is showing on the screen.  it will be "something.mdb"
3. Single click it with the left button so that it is highlighted
4. Then single RIGHT click it to that the context menu shows up
5. Near the bottom on the context menu is a command called "Rename"; click it
6. The filename stays highlighted, but gets a little box around it, and has a flashing cursor near the end
7. Hit the RIGHT ARROW key on your keyboard so that the highlight goes away, but the cursor stays at the end
8. Hit BACKSPACE 3 times to erase the "mdb", then type "mmm" in its place
9. Hit ENTER or RETURN to complete the process

Now you're done renaming it.  You can go back to your email program and send it.

Piece of cake, right???