Disabling signatures on Outlook 2003

[TomBain]

I am having this exact same problem that I found in this thread:
http://groups-beta.google.com/group...tures+in+Outlook+2003&rnum=4#883607e84b9bb37a

In short, the GPOs to disable signatures does not work on 2003, from
what the thread says.

My question is, has anyone found a way around this? I would have
thought by now, with SP1 for Exchange 2003 and SP1 for Server 2003,
there would be new GPOs for it or something. But I cannot find
anything. The reason this is important is we are thinking of going
with software on our Exchange server to handle all of the signatures,
so I want a way of disabling the signatures on the client side. So,
any thoughts?

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

The best solution I've been able to come up with is a script to set the default signature -- you could set it to a blank string -- but that's not enforceable by policy. The user can still change it later.

The script is at http://www.outlookcode.com/codedetail.aspx?id=821 if you want to try it.

Microsoft is well aware of this policy problem and may have something in the works. Stay tuned.

 

[TomBain]

Thank you, Sue. I will give it a try.

 

[TomBain]

Sue,

I downloaded the script and have applied it as a vbs through GPOs. It
does do what its supposed to be getting rid of the signature. But now
for the 2 people I'm testing it on it comes up and says "The signature
"Signature Name" could not be located. This signature may have been
removed." And if you open the script its listed right there in this
section:

' Use this version to set all accounts
' in the default mail profile
' to use a previously created signature
Call SetDefaultSignature("Signature Name", "")

Could that just be remmed out to take care of the problem? I am by no
means a scripting experts so some help would be appreciated.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

You need to replace "Signature Name" with the name of the signature that you want people to use.

 

[TomBain]

hmmmm I really don't have one though. We plan on going with
eXclaimer, which puts the signature in when it runs through the server.
So really if I could modify the script to just delete the current one
without setting a sig would work.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

That would also be possible. The code sample shows you what the registry values are. Of course, there is nothing to prevent the user from just adding a signature later.