There are some suggested ways on this site. http://email.about.com/od/outlooktips/qt/et_disable_prev.htm
Alice -----Original Message----- From: Derek Rose [mailto:derek.r...@sten-tel.com] Sent: Monday, April 19, 2010 6:45 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Prevent Reading/Preview Pane I don't have concrete proof of this, and I know this begs other questions, but we had an incident recently where someone opened an e-mail or scrolled over it - and, the preview pane allowed a virus to get into our environment. I know, I know - lots of other problems with this. Just trying to find out a way to disable this functionality if possible. All users are on Outlook 2007 SP2. -----Original Message----- From: Jason Gurtz [mailto:jasongu...@npumail.com] Sent: Monday, April 19, 2010 9:21 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Prevent Reading/Preview Pane Well, in OL2k7+ the HTML renderer is now (to the consternation of marketers everywhere) MS Word and not IE (HURRAH!). I'm not sure if this provably eliminates the security risk but, if you search the record of HTML/CSS/Javascript exploits, I'll bet you can guess which renderer has more *BY* *FAR* ~JasonG > -----Original Message----- > From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] > Sent: Monday, April 19, 2010 08:51 > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: [MARKETING] RE: Prevent Reading/Preview Pane > > I don't want to hijack this thread, but is this a best practice in the > enterprise? I know that for years, I've heard recommendations for this. > But I didn't know if it was one of those things that wasn't really a > security risk anymore but that the advice persisted, or if it still > presented a risk. > > > > > > > > John Hornbuckle > > MIS Department > > Taylor County School District > > www.taylor.k12.fl.us > > > > > > > > > > > > > > From: Derek Rose [mailto:derek.r...@sten-tel.com] > Sent: Monday, April 19, 2010 7:22 AM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: Prevent Reading/Preview Pane > > > > I apologize if this has been asked before, but is it programmatically > possible through some method (preferable GPO) to disable the preview pane > in Outlook? I would like to remove this "view" from all folders for all > users for security purposes. > > > > TIA > > > > ________________________________ > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message (including attachments) is > covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. 2510- > 2521, and is intended only for the person or entity to which it is > addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any > unauthorized review, use, disclosure, dissemination, copying, forwarding > or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, > please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the > original message. If you are the intended recipient but do not wish to > receive communication through this medium, please so advise the sender > immediately. > > > > NOTICE: Florida has a broad public records law. Most written > communications to or from this entity are public records that will be > disclosed to the public and the media upon request. E-mail communications > may be subject to public disclosure. CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message (including attachments) is covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. 2510-2521, and is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, dissemination, copying, forwarding or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. If you are the intended recipient but do not wish to receive communication through this medium, please so advise the sender immediately. This email is the property of McKinstry or one of its affiliates and may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient or have received this e-mail in error please notify the sender immediately and delete this e-mail. Any unauthorized copying, disclosure or distribution of the material in this e-mail is strictly forbidden.
