Hi,

I want to preserve the confidentiality of an email so that the receipient
(internal or external) of the email won't be able to forward the email to
others. Is it doable?

The Microsoft Right Management Service + Liquid Machines seem serving the
purpose, but the deployment doesn't look straight forward. Anyone has the
experience to share? Any alternatives?

I know Lotus Notes has the similar function out of the box. Does MS Outlook
provide this too?

Thanks

RMS can definitely add that capability to Outlook, which has nothing like that built in. People I've talked to who have RMS have been quite happy with it.

Other approaches are listed at http://www.slipstick.com/addins/security.htm#services

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx

"Ken Wong" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi,
>
> I want to preserve the confidentiality of an email so that the receipient
> (internal or external) of the email won't be able to forward the email to
> others. Is it doable?
>
> The Microsoft Right Management Service + Liquid Machines seem serving the
> purpose, but the deployment doesn't look straight forward. Anyone has the
> experience to share? Any alternatives?
>
> I know Lotus Notes has the similar function out of the box. Does MS Outlook
> provide this too?
>
> Thanks
>

Thanks. I came across the software called Mail-Lock. Any comments?


"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
RMS can definitely add that capability to Outlook, which has nothing like
that built in. People I've talked to who have RMS have been quite happy with
it.

Other approaches are listed at
http://www.slipstick.com/addins/security.htm#services

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx

"Ken Wong" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi,
>
> I want to preserve the confidentiality of an email so that the receipient
> (internal or external) of the email won't be able to forward the email to
> others. Is it doable?
>
> The Microsoft Right Management Service + Liquid Machines seem serving the
> purpose, but the deployment doesn't look straight forward. Anyone has the
> experience to share? Any alternatives?
>
> I know Lotus Notes has the similar function out of the box. Does MS
> Outlook
> provide this too?
>
> Thanks
>

I don't keep track of individual applications in that feature niche.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx

"Ken Wong" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:Oae9t$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Thanks. I came across the software called Mail-Lock. Any comments?
>
>
> "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> RMS can definitely add that capability to Outlook, which has nothing like
> that built in. People I've talked to who have RMS have been quite happy with
> it.
>
> Other approaches are listed at
> http://www.slipstick.com/addins/security.htm#services

>
> "Ken Wong" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Hi,
>>
>> I want to preserve the confidentiality of an email so that the receipient
>> (internal or external) of the email won't be able to forward the email to
>> others. Is it doable?
>>
>> The Microsoft Right Management Service + Liquid Machines seem serving the
>> purpose, but the deployment doesn't look straight forward. Anyone has the
>> experience to share? Any alternatives?
>>
>> I know Lotus Notes has the similar function out of the box. Does MS
>> Outlook
>> provide this too?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>
>

Ken Wong <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> Thanks. I came across the software called Mail-Lock. Any comments?

I read through the features of that tool and it still requires recipient
cooperation. Both you and your recipient must have Mail-Lock (or a portion
thereof) in order for it to work correctly. If you choose to employ
Mail-Lock's protection features, then the recipient must have a "Mail-Lock
Reader" installed in order to even read your mail. If you do not establish
any policy for a particular message, then the recipient doesn't need the
add-in to read it, but then they can do anything they want with the message.
Essentially, the Mail-Lock tool encrypts the message so that it is
inaccessible to anyone not using Mail-Lock in order to enforce the policies
you specify. I can imagine many business partners saying, "Sorry, no.
We're not installing software on our PCs just so you can tell us we can't
print or forward your messages."
--
Brian Tillman