Is it possible to manipulate Microsoft Outlook email archive settings?
We use Exchange Server 2003, Microsoft Outlook 2003 and Outlook Web Access. We need to properly archive email for legal purposes; however, we’re having issues with Outlook. The problem is that Outlook users are able to change their archive settings. How can we prevent users from changing their email archive settings? Also, can we change the location of the file archive? We’d like to be able to store archive files centrally. If you’re trying to meet Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance regulations, then you need to capture all email traffic at the SMTP server level. You cannot rely on archiving from the client, as email can be altered this way. However, if you capture traffic going through your SMTP servers then you have everything that was sent to or from your company. There are several third-party solutions available. You can also write an event sink to copy all email to a safe location, archive it as you like and let users do what they want with their archive settings. Editor’s note: Read
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