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Registry setting to let me change mail format

Hello ppl,

I hate Microsoft Outlook Rich Text with a passion. But the powers that be make us use it, when i go to tools/options/Mail Format the "Send in this Mail Format" drop down is grayed out - the only way i can use Plain Text and HTML is by replying to mail in this format.

This is obviously a policy edit forcing this on us - and poledits are just a bunch of registry edits. Given that I have full access to the registry its just a matter of finding the right Registry Setting to give me back the ability to choose other mail formats, but (now heres where you lot come in) where is that setting?

Any help that you could give would be much appreciated (I'm posting this in Outlook category as well, so potentially 400 points up for grabs)

vinnyd79

see if you have a key in HKEY_CURRENT_USER under:

Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\9.0\Outlook\Options\Mail

This is from the Outlk9.adm policy template

CATEGORY "Mail Format"
POLICY "Message format/editor - Corporate or Workgroup configuration"
KEYNAME Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\9.0\Outlook\Options\Mail
PART "Use the following Format/Editor for messages when" TEXT
END PART
PART "Outlook is in Corporate or Workgroup configuration:" DROPDOWNLIST
VALUENAME ExchangeEditor
ITEMLIST
NAME "HTML/Outlook" VALUE NUMERIC 131072
NAME "HTML/Microsoft Word" VALUE NUMERIC 131073
NAME "Outlook Rich Text/Outlook" VALUE NUMERIC 196610 DEFAULT
NAME "Outlook Rich Text/Microsoft Word" VALUE NUMERIC 196609
NAME "Plain Text/Outlook" VALUE NUMERIC 65536
NAME "Plain Text/Microsoft Word" VALUE NUMERIC 65537
END ITEMLIST
END PART
END POLICY
POLICY "Message format/editor - Internet Only configuration"
KEYNAME Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\9.0\Outlook\Options\Mail
PART "Use the following Format/Editor for messages, when" TEXT
END PART
PART "Outlook is in Internet Only configuration:" DROPDOWNLIST
VALUENAME InternetEditor
ITEMLIST
NAME "HTML/Outlook" VALUE NUMERIC 131072
NAME "HTML/Microsoft Word" VALUE NUMERIC 131073
NAME "Outlook Rich Text/Outlook" VALUE NUMERIC 196610
NAME "Outlook Rich Text/Microsoft Word" VALUE NUMERIC 196609
NAME "Plain Text/Outlook" VALUE NUMERIC 65536 DEFAULT
NAME "Plain Text/Microsoft Word" VALUE NUMERIC 65537
END ITEMLIST
END PART
END POLICY

luvshak

Hi,

Please goto the below link:

http://support.microsoft.com/search/preview.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q223876

Try this to see if it works. I hope this helps.

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