E-Mail Controls in Office 2003

TiggsPanther writes "The BBC's Technology News reports than the next version of MS Office will include E-Mail controls which should limit way that e-mail messages can be forwarded. Being tied into the Information Rights Management concept, it might be interesting to see how quickly this gets taken up."

Comments

Wrong

[tbone1]

The days when you could forward an embarrassing e-mail to your colleagues could be a thing of the past.

Uh, no. Nothing is foolproof because fools are just too damned clever.

Re:Suitable quote..

[squaretorus]

I can't wait to tell everyone I know that sending emails like "isnt the boss a dick" and " julie from accounts has nice tits" to each other is now 100% SAFE because of the new Outlook options to stop forwarding.

Hilarity ensues!

Re:not going to stop leaks

[Keck]

my thoughts exactly; if it's REALLY important, someone will still do it, so this is a lot of effort for almost no gain. Except to piss off your paying customers, something that helps us free software folks .. maybe it's got a good side afterall?

Re:Another example of Microsoft "innovation"

[PaulGrimshaw]

new, blue colour scheme.

See.. they always said the BSOD was a feature !! :)

Paul.

Worm ?

[cwernli]

should limit way that e-mail messages can be forwarded.

But it won't stop Outlook to be vulnerable to any kind of attack, such as a worm which "forwards" itself to everybody in your address book ?

Re:Yeah, and it'll stop paraphrasing too. Not.

[BenjyD]

Of course, it will if MS makes wearing a DRM Helmet part of the EULA.

Re:Some facts

[0123456]

PHB solution: force all users to wear blindfolds while in the office so they can't read the mail they've copied.