Outlook 2003: Hiding Folders

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Ignorant Outlook user here... Outlook 2003.

My office PC is potentailly viewable by many different people...

Is there any way to either hide, or encrypt individual folders inside
Outlook?
Specifically folders in my Inbox?

Any 3rd party apps if Outlook won't do it?

Thanks,

B
 
Are you using an Exchange server?

Do the others need to access your machine, or is it just that your machine
is in a fairly public location?


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Ben M. Schorr said:
Are you using an Exchange server?

Do the others need to access your machine, or is it just that your machine
is in a fairly public location?


--
Aloha,

-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr, OneNote-MVP
Click to expand...

Others access my machine, though not often.
And.. the machine IS is a fairly public location...

Need some help here...

Thanks,

B
 
My office PC is potentailly viewable by many different people...
Is there any way to either hide, or encrypt individual folders inside
Outlook?
Specifically folders in my Inbox?
Click to expand...

If your Inbox is on Exchange, just exit Outlook when you leave. People
typically need usernames and passwords to access the Exchange server. If
your Inbox is in your Personal Folders file, you can password-protect it.
Open the folder view ("View>Folder list"), right-click on your personal
folders file, and select "Properties". Click "Change password".
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Go with Brian's advice. If you're using an Exchange server, log off when
you leave the machine. If not, password protect your .PST file.


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Aloha,

-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr, OneNote-MVP
http://home.hawaii.rr.com/schorr

**I apologize but I am unable to respond to direct requests for assistance.
Please post questions and replies here in the newsgroup. Mahalo!
 
Brian Tillman said:
If your Inbox is on Exchange, just exit Outlook when you leave. People
typically need usernames and passwords to access the Exchange server. If
your Inbox is in your Personal Folders file, you can password-protect it.
Open the folder view ("View>Folder list"), right-click on your personal
folders file, and select "Properties". Click "Change password".
Click to expand...


I am struggling to get this concept...

If I password protect my .pst file is my whole box password protected or
just Outlook?

No. This machine is NOT connected to Exchange Server...

If someone needs to use my PC that's fine... But I have sensitive internal
company info in my Outlook mail folders that I need to keep away from prying
eyes..
It seems like a simple enought concept..

I'm just trying to get there...

Thanks for everyone's patience here...

B
 
If you password protect the .PST file they can start Outlook but any attempt
to open a folder in that .PST file will result in them being prompted for
the password. If they don't know it the folder won't open.


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Aloha,

-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr, OneNote-MVP
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**I apologize but I am unable to respond to direct requests for assistance.
Please post questions and replies here in the newsgroup. Mahalo!
 
I should also mention that .PST passwords are not extremely secure -- there
are utilities available that claim to be able to crack them. Don't know if
any of your casual browsers would go to that much trouble, though.
 
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