Location in the Group Policy namespace: outlk11.adm
Relative path: User ConfigurationAdministrative TemplatesMicrosoft Office Outlook 2003
Configuration options for Tools | Options... menu settings including:
Setting preferences such as how messages are read and replied to (Figure D-3) (Tools | Options...PreferencesE-mail Options)
Enforcing whether e-mail is always read as plain text (Tools | Options...PreferencesE-mail Options)
Configuring message Desktop Alerts feature—where a new message fades on the desktop (Tools | Options...PreferencesE-mail OptionsAdvanced E-mail OptionsDesktop Alert)
Configuring e-mail tracking options, such as how to handle read receipt requests (Tools | Options...PreferencesE-mail OptionsTracking Options)
Configuring calendar options, such as the first day of the week, work week, and working hours (Tools | Options...PreferencesCalendar Options)
Configuring whether attendees are allowed to propose new times for meetings you organize (Tools | Options...PreferencesCalendar Options)
Configuring Free/Busy options, such as disabling the Microsoft Office Internet Free/Busy service or changing the URL to which Free/Busy information is published (Tools | Options...PreferencesCalendar OptionsFree/Busy Options)
Configuring the default setting for how to file Contact objects (Tools | Options...PreferencesContact Options)
Configuring the Journal feature, including whether to exclude or include certain types of Outlook items from journaling (Tools | Options...PreferencesJournal Options)
Configuring how Outlook notes appear in terms of color and size (Tools | Options...PreferencesNotes Options)
Configuring Junk E-Mail options, including whether to trust e-mail from people in your Contacts list, configuring the path to the safe senders, safe recipients and block senders lists, whether to permanently delete junk e-mail, and configuring the Junk E-Mail filter default protection level (Tools | Options...PreferencesJunk E-mail)
Configuration options for e-mail setup including:
Mail account options, such as sending messages immediately (Tools | Options...Mail Setup)
Dial-up options, such as hanging up when finished sending and receiving and automatically dialing during a background Send/Receive (Tools | Options...Mail Setup)
Configuration options for e-mail format including:
Setting the default e-mail editor (Tools | Options...Mail FormatMessage Format)
Configuring Internet message formats, including how to encode plain-text messages, what to do with Outlook Rich Text Format messages that are sent to Internet recipients, and whether to send HTML messages with a copy of embedded pictures rather than the link to the picture (Tools | Options...Mail FormatInternet Formatting)
International options, such as the encoding type for outgoing messages and the use of English message headers and flags (Tools | Options...Mail FormatInternational Options)
Configuration options for spell check behavior in Outlook messages, including whether to always suggest replacements for misspelled words and whether to ignore original message text in reply or forward when spell checking. (Tools | Options...Spelling)
Configuration options for Outlook security, including:
Whether to allow access to e-mail attachments and which file extensions are allowed (Tools | Options...Security)
Disabling the Remember Password option for Internet e-mail (Tools | Options...Security)
Preventing users from modifying the Outlook attachment security settings (Tools | Options...Security)
Setting Outlook virus security settings (Tools | Options...Security)
Configuring e-mail encryption options, including forcing all e-mails to be encrypted, minimum encryption key size, and forcing signing of all messages (Tools | Options...SecurityCryptography)
Configuring automatic picture download settings to control whether images are downloaded within HTML messages (Tools | Options...SecurityAutomatic Picture Download Settings)
Configuration of miscellaneous options including Empty Deleted Items Folder On Exit (Tools | Options...Other)
Configuration options for the behavior of the preview pane (Tools | Options...Other)
Configuration options for enabling e-mail logging for troubleshooting (Tools | Options...OtherAdvanced)
Configuration options for reminders to play a sound and to be displayed (Tools | Options...OtherAdvancedReminder Options)
Configuration options for automatic archiving and retention behavior, including how frequently to autoarchive, what to archive, and what the retention criteria are (Tools | Options...OtherAutoArchive)
Configuration options for Smart Tag behavior, including enabling or disabling Instant Messenger names and displaying a user’s Messenger status in the From field of an e-mail (Tools | Options...OtherPerson Names)
Configuration options for Macro security settings, including the default macro security level for Outlook (Tools | MacroSecurity)
Configuration options for whether to display the Exchange Over The Internet user interface (Tools | E-mail AccountsExchange Over The Internet)
Configuration options for cached Exchange mode behavior, including allowing/disallowing download of full items or headers, disallowing downloading only headers on slow network connections, and configuring the time interval between uploads and downloads of changes (Tools | E-mail AccountsCached Exchange Mode)
Configuration options for the default authentication mechanism with the Exchange server (Exchange Settings)
Configuration options for Offline Address book synchronization behavior and allowing or preventing the creation of .ost files (Exchange Settings)
Configuration of miscellaneous options, such as preventing a user from changing his Outlook profile and preventing users from creating new e-mail account types (Miscellaneous)
Configuration options for the .pst default location and maximum file sizes (MiscellaneousPST Settings)
