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How can we lock down outlook data?

We are running Exchange 2003 with a combination of MSOutlook 2003 and 2007 clients. Much of our information is very confidential and needs to be protected so that it never leaves the office.
Is there any protection measures we can implement so that a user cannot copy or export messages from their outlook client or exchange mailbox?
The way it stands, a user could export out their entire mailbox onto a flash drive the day before leaving and walk out with all messages......
Any suggestions would be very helpful....

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Jeffrey Kane - TechSoEasy

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thecomputerdocs

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Does this prevent a user from exporting their mailbox and walking away with it? This answer seemed to apply more toward the encrypting the send and receiving of messages.....hopefully I"m wrong....

thecomputerdocs

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I think I found the answer.....
Looks like a pain, but it will help regulate the user's ability to export mail in outlook.
http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=40961&DisplayTab=Article

I"m not going to close the question right away, in case anyone has any other suggestions.

Jeffrey Kane - TechSoEasy

Encrypted messages cannot be read without having the "key". So... if a user exports their mailbox it will still be encrypted and cannot be unlocked without having the appropriate credentials.

You may want to disable the use of USB Memory Keys though.
http://www.petri.co.il/disable_usb_disks.htm

Jeff
TechSoEasy

thecomputerdocs

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Thanks Jeff. I"ll re-read the article in more detail.

Jeffrey Kane - TechSoEasy

That article you posted just stops the use of .pst files... this is not a single silver bullet solution... so you shouldn't be looking for one.

Jeff
TechSoEasy

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