Outlook 2003 Security Issue

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Bob Williamson

I have my Outlook 2003 set so that I must type my password in order to get
into it. (it is running Exchange 2003 on the backend). Outlook 2003 is
running on cached mode.

However, Outlook comes up in the background with the preview window open and
readable BEFORE I type in my password.

In other words, if I have outlook closed but my computer is on and someone
simply double click on my icon for outlook they can a free preview of the
first email and can see a list of the items in my inbox.

I have yet to try setting up a new profile on a different computer to see
what it looks like.....

Bob
 
Use a password protected screen-saver. They are mandatory at my agency.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to the
Swen virus, all e-mails sent to my actual account will be deleted w/out
reading.

After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer
Bob Williamson <[email protected]> asked:

| I have my Outlook 2003 set so that I must type my password in order
| to get into it. (it is running Exchange 2003 on the backend).
| Outlook 2003 is running on cached mode.
|
| However, Outlook comes up in the background with the preview window
| open and readable BEFORE I type in my password.
|
| In other words, if I have outlook closed but my computer is on and
| someone simply double click on my icon for outlook they can a free
| preview of the first email and can see a list of the items in my
| inbox.
|
| I have yet to try setting up a new profile on a different computer to
| see what it looks like.....
|
| Bob
 
I know, I know and as a matter of fact I do use a password protected screen
saver.....but it is an interesting issue in my opinion and probably is
something that should be changed and thus my pointing it out.

Bob
 
It is a result of cached mode - which places all the files on your hard
drive and immediately accessible. Many folks were complaining about Outlook
being slow to open - using cache mode allows it to load in the background
without waiting for the password to be accepted.

I filed a bug on this in the beta and was told it was expected behavior.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Due to the Swen virus, all e-mails sent to this account will be deleted
w/out reading.



After searching google.groups.com and finding not answer:
Bob Williamson <[email protected]> asked:
| I know, I know and as a matter of fact I do use a password protected
| screen saver.....but it is an interesting issue in my opinion and
| probably is something that should be changed and thus my pointing it
| out.
|
| Bob
|
|
| || Use a password protected screen-saver. They are mandatory at my
|| agency.
||
|| --
|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||
|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
|| the Swen virus, all e-mails sent to my actual account will be
|| deleted w/out reading.
||
|| After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer
|| Bob Williamson <[email protected]> asked:
||
||| I have my Outlook 2003 set so that I must type my password in order
||| to get into it. (it is running Exchange 2003 on the backend).
||| Outlook 2003 is running on cached mode.
|||
||| However, Outlook comes up in the background with the preview window
||| open and readable BEFORE I type in my password.
|||
||| In other words, if I have outlook closed but my computer is on and
||| someone simply double click on my icon for outlook they can a free
||| preview of the first email and can see a list of the items in my
||| inbox.
|||
||| I have yet to try setting up a new profile on a different computer
||| to see what it looks like.....
|||
||| Bob
 
No kidding.....

So how do you go about getting to be an MVP anyway. Just curious.

Thanks,
Bob
 
Keep posting assistance to folks who need help either here on the
msnews.microsoft.com news server, yahoo!groups, or wherever you normally
look for answers. It becomes addictive after a while.

For more information on the MVP Program, see these pages:



--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Due to the Swen virus, all e-mails sent to this account will be deleted
w/out reading.



After searching google.groups.com and finding not answer:
Bob Williamson <[email protected]> asked:
| No kidding.....
|
| So how do you go about getting to be an MVP anyway. Just curious.
|
| Thanks,
| Bob
|
| in message || It is a result of cached mode - which places all the files on your
|| hard drive and immediately accessible. Many folks were complaining
|| about Outlook being slow to open - using cache mode allows it to
|| load in the background without waiting for the password to be
|| accepted.
||
|| I filed a bug on this in the beta and was told it was expected
|| behavior.
||
|| --
|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||
|| Due to the Swen virus, all e-mails sent to this account will be
|| deleted w/out reading.
||
||
||
|| After searching google.groups.com and finding not answer:
|| Bob Williamson <[email protected]> asked:
||| I know, I know and as a matter of fact I do use a password protected
||| screen saver.....but it is an interesting issue in my opinion and
||| probably is something that should be changed and thus my pointing it
||| out.
|||
||| Bob
|||
|||
||| |||| Use a password protected screen-saver. They are mandatory at my
|||| agency.
||||
|||| --
|||| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||||
|||| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
|||| the Swen virus, all e-mails sent to my actual account will be
|||| deleted w/out reading.
||||
|||| After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer
|||| Bob Williamson <[email protected]> asked:
||||
||||| I have my Outlook 2003 set so that I must type my password in
||||| order to get into it. (it is running Exchange 2003 on the
||||| backend). Outlook 2003 is running on cached mode.
|||||
||||| However, Outlook comes up in the background with the preview
||||| window open and readable BEFORE I type in my password.
|||||
||||| In other words, if I have outlook closed but my computer is on and
||||| someone simply double click on my icon for outlook they can a free
||||| preview of the first email and can see a list of the items in my
||||| inbox.
|||||
||||| I have yet to try setting up a new profile on a different computer
||||| to see what it looks like.....
|||||
||||| Bob
 
oh yeah, my nntp history goes back to '91 or so....it is a fabulous
resource. Although with web sites hosting groups it has become less
traveled recently...
BOb


Milly Staples said:
Keep posting assistance to folks who need help either here on the
msnews.microsoft.com news server, yahoo!groups, or wherever you normally
look for answers. It becomes addictive after a while.

For more information on the MVP Program, see these pages:



--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Due to the Swen virus, all e-mails sent to this account will be deleted
w/out reading.



After searching google.groups.com and finding not answer:
Bob Williamson <[email protected]> asked:
| No kidding.....
|
| So how do you go about getting to be an MVP anyway. Just curious.
|
| Thanks,
| Bob
|
| in message || It is a result of cached mode - which places all the files on your
|| hard drive and immediately accessible. Many folks were complaining
|| about Outlook being slow to open - using cache mode allows it to
|| load in the background without waiting for the password to be
|| accepted.
||
|| I filed a bug on this in the beta and was told it was expected
|| behavior.
||
|| --
|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||
|| Due to the Swen virus, all e-mails sent to this account will be
|| deleted w/out reading.
||
||
||
|| After searching google.groups.com and finding not answer:
|| Bob Williamson <[email protected]> asked:
||| I know, I know and as a matter of fact I do use a password protected
||| screen saver.....but it is an interesting issue in my opinion and
||| probably is something that should be changed and thus my pointing it
||| out.
|||
||| Bob
|||
|||
||| |||| Use a password protected screen-saver. They are mandatory at my
|||| agency.
||||
|||| --
|||| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||||
|||| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
|||| the Swen virus, all e-mails sent to my actual account will be
|||| deleted w/out reading.
||||
|||| After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer
|||| Bob Williamson <[email protected]> asked:
||||
||||| I have my Outlook 2003 set so that I must type my password in
||||| order to get into it. (it is running Exchange 2003 on the
||||| backend). Outlook 2003 is running on cached mode.
|||||
||||| However, Outlook comes up in the background with the preview
||||| window open and readable BEFORE I type in my password.
|||||
||||| In other words, if I have outlook closed but my computer is on and
||||| someone simply double click on my icon for outlook they can a free
||||| preview of the first email and can see a list of the items in my
||||| inbox.
|||||
||||| I have yet to try setting up a new profile on a different computer
||||| to see what it looks like.....
|||||
||||| Bob
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