Can I prevent my mail from being forwarded by others?

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I concur 110% w/ Leo... Tried a few methods offered directly by MS for Outlook 2003 & Outlook 2007. Neither was even close to being foolproof, even when sending to another person internally. As mentioned all too often - once the message leaves your server, ALL BETS ARE OFF. Someone out there is going to find a way to copy and/ or forward your message.

In our business we type sensitive messages and output them as attached PDF's. As they are image type PDF's it makes it a bit more difficult to tamper with.

Why do I keep getting my aunt's email sent to my account when they are sperate?

Lotus Notes does indeed prevents copying. We use it at Office and have found it works ! Leo- what comments ?

Hi,It is possible to make sure your mail is not forwarded provided you are using outlook.But if you are using yahoo or gmail,it is not possibe

Not true. Doesn't matter what email program you use, if you send email to someone they can forward it on to someone else.

30-Aug-2009

I wanted to answer the question being asked about regarding forwarding emails. There is a way in Outlook 2007 on preventing the email from being forwarded. I was not sure if this question is being asked of a previous version or not. In Outlook 2007, the instructions are below. I recall in Lotus years ago the ability to stop forwarding as well as printing of the email.

Open and create the message,
Click the Office Button,
Go to Permission and click Do Not Forward

In Outlook 2003, you would have to create a Form and the problem with this is that both the sender and receipient would both have to be using Outlook.

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