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We have been testing Reader 9.3.3 and have just discovered that it breaks one of our online forms that have a mailto button. We receive an error:
Security Block: Acrobat does not allow connection to: mailto:maibox name
It works just fine on any previous versions of 9.3.2 and below but not on 9.3.3. How can this be fixed? Any registry or preference settings? The upgrade was rolled out using the Adobe Customization wizard for some upgrades and other upgrades where just performed running msp update files. Any help or info greatly appreciated. Thanks
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