text: unable to open website links in an email using outlook 2003? using a web mail, theres no problem, but if i open those attachments in outlook 2003, it will give an error that i need to contact the sys admin.what would i do to resolve this issue? it seams you got a low level privelages.  this level is preventing you from accessing internet from outlook, try copy this link to clipboard, and paste it in address bar in ie.  otherwise contact your system admin