when using cached mode, how do i secure my inbox?

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I have the full client on a somewhat-shared workstation. I run about
20k items in my inbox and do a lot of searching, as well as being the
primary user of this workstation and using RPC over HTTP to my server
back at the office.

When I'm not here and other folks may be using my workstation - how
do I prevent people from launching Outlook, then cancelling out the
credentials/logon and just browsing through the items cached in my
inbox?

is there a way to secure the .OST file and wait for credentials to the
server to be passed before it opens it up?

thanks
 
They should not be using your workstation logon. They should have their
own. There is no way to lock the OST if they use your logon.
 
They should not be using your workstation logon. They should have their
own. There is no way to lock the OST if they use your logon.
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Thanks. Thats a real bummer. This is a highly customized network
engineering station, so the primary logon is tailored for very
specific uses. The only time it is not used is when I'm on vacation -
where 1 or 2 other people cover in my place. Since they are typically
never here - it would be very difficult to have all their profiles
consitantly updated & tailored so the workstation was of use when I'm
away. I've run into other environments in the enterprise where this
mono-view of authentication layers has caused grief. I know an
individual logon per user per desktop is the idea - but this B&W view
of 1:1:1 relationships is occassionally problematic.

I guess I'll have to Citrix or virtualize my Outlook.

Can't you set encryption/password on a PST file? I have never done
this, but have seen the options - so why can't this mechanism be built
into an OST upon authentication?

Thanks for the verification of my fears.

Cheers..
 
osts are different beasts - unlike psts, they are tied to your profile and
can't be opened in any other profile, so no need to password them.
 
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