Contents of e-mail programs should not be accessible without pass.

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I've always thought that the contents of my inbox and outbox should not be
accesible without a password. Presently you can not download/send any new
email without a password. What I'd like to see is the contents of what I've
already received and/or sent hidden from view until a password is entered.
That way, no one can click on your program and see what you've sent or
received. Am I the only person in the world that feels this way? (MS
Outlook 2003)
 
Threetone said:
I've always thought that the contents of my inbox and outbox should
not be
accesible without a password. Presently you can not download/send any
new
email without a password. What I'd like to see is the contents of
what I've
already received and/or sent hidden from view until a password is
entered.
That way, no one can click on your program and see what you've sent or
received. Am I the only person in the world that feels this way? (MS
Outlook 2003)
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Well, then stop using a 95-based version of Windows and get an NT-based
Windows version that provides for permissions by user accounts (so one
account cannot read the data files of a different user account).

Of course, you could password protect the message store (.pst file) in
Outlook. Did you ever search Outlook's own help on "password"? That
password only needs to be entered once per Outlook session, so if you
leave Outlook loaded all the time and don't use a screen saver or lock
the console with password protection then anyone walking up to your
computer can do whatever you can do. The security is available but
you'll have to choose to implement it.
 
Threetone said:
I've always thought that the contents of my inbox and outbox should
not be accesible without a password. Presently you can not
download/send any new email without a password. What I'd like to see
is the contents of what I've already received and/or sent hidden from
view until a password is entered. That way, no one can click on your
program and see what you've sent or received. Am I the only person
in the world that feels this way? (MS Outlook 2003)
Click to expand...

Right-click on the root of your Personal Folders file in the Folders List
view of the Navigation Pane. Choose Properties, then click Advanced. Click
Change Password. This will put a password on your PST and require it to be
entered before your PST can be opened.
 
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