IRM and Permissions

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Greetings

I am confused. I would like to trial using IRM to protect email messages. I
read online that it is available in Office Pro, and that all I need is a .Net
Passport.

Great. Then what?

I have Office 2003 Professional Edition, SP1. I do not already have a
Permission button on my toolbar. The only info I can find online says that I
can "log on to the IRM service with your Passport credentials" and other
statements to the effect that I *can* do this, but not *how*.

I have a Passport. I want to use Permissions. Can someone please tell me
what I'm missing?

Thanks,
Astrophe
 
To expand on what Lee-Anne said, before you can create a protected message, you will need to install the Rights Management Client software from http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=18134. If you still don't see the Permissions button or menu command on a new message, then try resetting the toolbars and menus.

The first time you use the Permissions button, you will be prompted to sign up with the Passport-related rights management server. There is no fee for this, at present, but it is also not guaranteed to be available at all times.
 
Hi Sue
To expand on what Lee-Anne said, before you can create a protected message, you will need to install the Rights Management Client software from http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=18134. If you still don't see the Permissions button or menu command on a new message, then try resetting the toolbars and menus.
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Thanks for the link. I have this installed now, it shows in add/remove
programs. I've rebooted. I still don't have Permissions in the menu or
toolbars. I've gone to customize toolbar and clicked Reset for Standard and
Menu, is that what you meant? I still don't have Permissions.

Perhaps I don't have the right version or something? When I go Help - About,
I get:

Microsoft (R) Office Outlook(R) 2003 (11.6359.6360) SP1
Part of Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003

I should mention this is a work PC and behind a firewall, which might affect
using IRM, but shouldn't affect whether the toolbar button shows up, should
it?

Thanks for your help.
Astrophe
 
If it's a work PC, the administrator may have disabled the RM capabilities.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
 
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