Can’t send email with docm attachment

Q: We are using Office 365. When sending an email with docm attachment, we get this return message: This message was created automatically by mail delivery software. Your email message was not delivered as is to the intended recipients because malware was detected….

Chicagotech.net: You may want to modify malware filter. To do that, please follow these steps.

Chicagotech.net: You may want to modify malware filter. To do that, please follow these steps.

1. Login Office 365.
2. Navigate to Exchange admin center>protection>malware filter.
3. Click Edit icon.
4. Click Settings.
5. In Filter type, remove docm.

5. Save and wait for while to test it.

If your company has a policy to filter docm type and can’t remove it from the malware filter, try these:

1. Use a shared server or the cloud.
2. Use a file compression utility, for example zip.
3. Rename the file.