OUTLOOK 2000 password?!?

[CC21]

Hello everyone,
I have a user who would like to know whether or not they could password protect a particular folder within an Outlook mailbox. I am guessing this would contain all personal emails whatever they may be. Doing a little research I am close to saying "no, it cant be done" but I wanted to ask the lot of you beforehand.

Thanks

 

[nuxguru]

If you are using Outlook with Exchange Server, then you can give permissions per folder which user shares.
I assume your user is sharing mail folder since he/she wants to protect some contents in the folder.

Basically, right-click the folder and go to properties. There you will find permissions tab.

It is usually set not to be shared by default

 

[CC21]

actually this user wants to prevent her mail from being read if she is not directly at her workstation

I understand what you are saying about the Permissions but it would appear as if the user would like some kind of message prompting for a password before the folder can be accessed.

I have never seen any such thing and doubt there is one, but I just wanted to confirm with other Tekkers.

Thank You

 

[slirper]

Thats where CTRL+ALT+Delete comes in handy.

Tell her to get used to using it.

 

[FrankTrib]

I think you can change where the new mail is delivered, possibly to a password protected PST (Personal STorage) file on the workstations local drive.... but this may be overkill. I use a screen saver with password and a short timeout.