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E-Mail Controls in Office 2003

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the inevitable-results dept.

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."

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  1. Suitable quote.. by Karamchand · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Trying to make bits uncopyable is like trying to make water not wet.
    -- Bruce Schneier

  2. Simple question: by jkrise · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Will it improve productivity in my office? Not my Office, but my real office?

    Simple answer: No, it would reduce it.

    Thanks for another useless product.

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    If you keep throwing chairs, one day you'll break windows....
  3. Yeah, and it'll stop paraphrasing too. Not. by Schlemphfer · · Score: 4, Insightful
    Steve,

    Great having beers with you last night.

    I just got a memo that they'll be laying off 30 people in engineering, starting with Dan. The fucktards have disabled forwarding permissions for it, but drop by my desk on your way to lunch if you want to see.

    Ron

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    I'm generally "Interesting," "Insightful," and even "Funny" here. What the hell happens to me at parties?
  4. Re:Dialog Box by Zocalo · · Score: 4, Insightful
    Microsoft won't decrypt contect protected by the service unless a court order requires it.

    And there you have it. There is a back door in this here DRM technology, "just in case" of course... So not only is this technology flawed, even by DRM standards, but the necessary tools to circumvent it will be hitting your local dodgy site in 5... 4...

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    UNIX? They're not even circumcised! Savages!
  5. The real agenda? by femto · · Score: 5, Insightful
    from the article:

    >Microsoft says a free viewing program will be available for those who receive a protected document but are not using Office 2003.

    Why would one need a special reader if email standards are adhered to? Presumably this is an attempt to hijack the email system by getting all Office users to send email in a format which is unreadable by non-Office users. The only way to read email from a windows user will be to get a copy of Office 2003.

    Personally I will be replying to all such emails with a polite message that the message got garbled in transmision and could the sender please fix the problem in their system.