Stop re-direction in Outlook 2003

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Hi
Can I stop users redirecting their company emails going to their private
email accounts?

I'm a novice to Outlook - so sorry if this is a basic query!

Thanks in advance.

gillyd
 
It depends on which method you are referring to as there are a lot of ways
to do this. It also depends on the email and network environment that you
are in.
 
Oh, I forgot to give you the easiest solution; make it a company policy to
keep corporate information within the organization or on (computer) devices
issued by the corporate organization unless otherwise specified. Copying
corporate information to your private account would then be similar to
stealing which means they can be fired over it.
 
Hi Roady

Firstly, thanks for taking the time to respond. I'm using Outlook 2003 -
Exchange 6.5 - do you need any other info?

gillyd
 
Yes, which method of re-directing are the users using?
If by using a rule which forwards the messages to their home account,
disallow the option in Exchange to "allow automatic forwarding to the
Internet." BTW, this is the (secure) default in Exchange.
 
gillyd said:
gillyd



Firstly, thanks for taking the time to respond. I'm using Outlook
2003 - Exchange 6.5 - do you need any other info?
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Since you're in a company network, why not block outbound all e-mail
traffic (ports 25, 587, 110 465, 995) at the company's network boundary
in their firewall appliance? The Exchange server would be within the
company's network. All the other mail hosts would be outside and have
to get past the firewall.

Some e-mail servers now use port 80 to get around the firewall blocking.
You'd have to use a list of blocked hostnames to prevent them from
getting to outside mail hosts. I've never been involved with Websense
but they might have a category (that your company could block) that
lists mail servers. For example, I use OpenDNS as my DNS service
instead of my ISP's DNS server. One of their categories is "Webmail" so
you could block your users from getting to webmail providers. I don't
see them listing POP/IMAP mail hosts but that doesn't mean Websense
doesn't. OpenDNS is free. Websense costs money.
 
If they are doing this manually by selecting "forward" on the e-mails, no.

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After furious head scratching, gillyd asked:

| Hi
| Can I stop users redirecting their company emails going to their
| private email accounts?
|
| I'm a novice to Outlook - so sorry if this is a basic query!
|
| Thanks in advance.
|
| gillyd
 
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