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I've been asked if its possible to use group policy to force a user to encrypt messages by default. &nbsp;I have been able to do this using Group Policy but it forces encryption on every message and doesn't give the option to send as unencrypted. &nbsp;Essentially management wants a set-up where a user has to make a concious decision to send an unencrypted email.<br />
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Ciaran
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I've been asked if its possible to use group policy to force a user to encrypt messages by default.  I have been able to do this using Group Policy but it forces encryption on every message and doesn't give the option to send as unencrypted.  Essentially management wants a set-up where a user has to make a concious decision to send an unencrypted email.

Thanks,
Ciaran

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