Disable changing the sort/grouping setting in inbox messages

[gthomson]

Is there a way to disable a person from changing his sorting/grouping
of messages in his inbox in Outlook 2003?
We have a person that keeps sorting/grouping by sender, so he tends to
only see the messages he wants to see.
We want him keeping them sorted by received date/time so he sees all
messages as they come in, as some are going unread for days that he
needs to be seeing and doing something with.

Anyway to force a sort order in messages, and disallow grouping,
through a registry entry, or in some other way?

Greg

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

No. Unfortunately there are no technological solutions for this behavioral
problem.

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[Ken Blake, MVP]

Is there a way to disable a person from changing his sorting/grouping
of messages in his inbox in Outlook 2003?

No. It's entirely up to him.

We have a person that keeps sorting/grouping by sender, so he tends to
only see the messages he wants to see.

Not only can he do that, but he can also killfile you if he wants to.

 

[Gordon]

Is there a way to disable a person from changing his sorting/grouping
of messages in his inbox in Outlook 2003?
We have a person that keeps sorting/grouping by sender, so he tends to
only see the messages he wants to see.
We want him keeping them sorted by received date/time so he sees all
messages as they come in, as some are going unread for days that he
needs to be seeing and doing something with.

Anyway to force a sort order in messages, and disallow grouping,
through a registry entry, or in some other way?

Greg

In addition to the other responses, I worked for a company some years ago
that had a policy in place that not responding to email was a disciplinary
offence.
Maybe introduce something like that?

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

In addition to the other responses, I worked for a company some years ago
that had a policy in place that not responding to email was a disciplinary
offence.

There is so much abiguity and subjectivity to that that my head hurts thinking
about it. I don't see any way such a policy can be fairly enforced or, the
violation even detected in many cases. How draconian.

 

[Gordon]

There is so much abiguity and subjectivity to that that my head hurts
thinking about it. I don't see any way such a policy can be fairly
enforced or, the violation even detected in many cases. How draconian.

I admit it wasn't quite as simple as that, but the inference was there that
if you don't respond, there could be sanctions....this was nearly ten years
ago!

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

You could say the same about speeding or almost any traffic violation - but
when someone is caught, they do face sanctions as permitted by law. They
just don't get caught very often.

There really is no other way to make people do something they try to avoid
doing - the only way to get this type of person to act responsibly is by
threatening them with disciplinary action.

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Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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