Disable Read/Delivery Receipt

[Michael K.]

I have been searching for a way to disable users ability to request a read
and delivery receipts. We are using Outlook 2003 and Exchange 2003. I am
deploying Office 2003 via Group Policy. Does anyone know of a way to do this
through Group Policy or through a registry entry? I found something pointing
to the following entry, but it does not work:

Key: HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Outlook\Preferences
Value name: DeliveryReceipt
Value type: REG_DWORD
Value data: 1 = Enabled, 0 = Disabled (default)


Any help is appreciated...

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

you can turn it off on the server for external recipients, which is the best
method. For internal users, have you checked in the office 2003 resource
kit?
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/ork2003/HA101494521033.aspx

 

[Michael K.]

Thank you for the quick reply!! In the Office Resource kit it explains how
to set the initial options for an install for "When Outlook is asked to
respond to a read request". I want to stop internal users from requesting
them, but I would like to be able to specify certian users who can request
them.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

it should work to set the policy key, but if not, the keys are at

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Outlook\Preferences

I think policy is better because users can't change the setting, but logon
script can take care of that with each reboot.