Is it possible to disable user from using BCC functionality?

[Richard]

My manager has asked me to see if its possible to disable the BCC
functionality. We are running Exchange 2003 in mixed mode and use a
variety of email clients - Outlook 2003, OWA, POP3, IMAP and Mac
clients.

Does anyone know if this be disabled from the server or GP. I know it
is possible to hide the button and menu from Outlook and OWA.

Thanks,
Richard

[Mark Arnold [MVP]]

richar...@hotmail.com (Richard) wrote:

There's still Outlook Express. You'd need to also make sure that you
prevented POP & IMAP access.
Then of course you'd just end up with people sending smtp mail in from
home addresses.
Whay is it you want to stop BCC?

Mark Arnold MCSA MCSE+M MVP,
FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exchange.htm
Blog: http://www.msexchange.me.uk

[Alan Sun [MSFT]]

Hi Richard,

Thanks for your post.

Based on my knowledge, it seems impossible to disable the BCC function in
Exchange server, as the BCC field is an RFC-defined field in email
messages. One possible alternative is to suppress the display of the BCC
field on the client, but this would take some doing. I

Hope this helps! Have a nice day!

Thanks & Regards
Alan Sun
Microsoft Online Partner Support

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[Gary]

Go to Active Directory for Users & Computers,
go to your Domain's group policy and edit it.

User Config >> Administrative Templates >> microsoft outlook 2000 >>
Disable items in user interface >> Predefined >> POLICY "disable command
bar buttons and menu items"

Then change the policy and enable everything but BCC field.

Gary

v-a...@online.microsoft.com (Alan Sun [MSFT]) wrote in
news:BFLSjIrc...@cpmsftngxa06.phx.gbl:

> Hi Richard,
>
> Thanks for your post.
>
> Based on my knowledge, it seems impossible to disable the BCC function
> in Exchange server, as the BCC field is an RFC-defined field in email
> messages. One possible alternative is to suppress the display of the
> BCC field on the client, but this would take some doing. I
>
> Hope this helps! Have a nice day!
>
> Thanks & Regards
> Alan Sun
> Microsoft Online Partner Support
>
> Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security
> =====================================================
> When responding to posts, please "Reply to Group" via your newsreader
> so that others may learn and benefit from your issue.
> =====================================================
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> rights.
>
>
>

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