Re: enable outlook security.oft to allow programs to send email wi

From: tdog (tdog_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 10/26/04 

Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 09:03:11 -0700

I've run into the same problem after getting everything set up - it appears
there is a limit to how many addresses you can specify for "Security Settings
for Exception Group." I have tested by adding users incrementally since my
80+ mailbox group produced the error. I can add up to 69 users and save the
changed settings without problem. However, when I add that 70th address, I
get the error about "The access levels on this security setting cannot be
saved..." I can reproduce it with no difficulty.

Sue, do you know of any such limitation, and can others reproduce this?

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

> Did you publish the form? That's somewhere in Steps 2-7 that you skipped
> over. You need to be using the published form to make security settings
> items in the Outlook Security Settings folder, not the .oft file.
>
> You also need the client registry entry that tells Outlook to look at that
> folder. Add it if necessary.
>
> Unless the program is a properly constructed Outlook COM add-in, such
> security settings customizations will have no effect on it.
>
> See http://www.outlookcode.com/d/sec.htm for other options with regard to
> the "object model guard" security in Outlook 2000 SP2 and later versions.
>
> --
> Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
> Author of
> Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
> Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
> http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx
>
>
> "shannon" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:9f2101c49789$ebeda3f0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> >I am trying to allow a program to send an e-mail through
> > outlook on my behalf without getting the nag boxes.
> >
> > We have a customized program that sends out emails for us
> > but since we moved to outlook this nag box pops up for
> > each one. We have to sit there for hours clicking yes to
> > each one and allowing access for 10 min maximum.
> >
> > I have installed the outlook security features
> > administrative package on my machine and followed the
> > read me to configure it to allow this but have not been
> > successful.
> > This is what I have tried:
> > 1. The admpack.exe installed easily then I installed
> > and registered the trusted code control.
> > 2. Under customizing the outlook security setting
> > section:
> > a. I created a public folder named Outlook Security
> > Settings and for testing purposes I gave myself the owner
> > under client permissions and added myself to directory
> > rights and administrative rights with full control.
> > 3. Then on to page 5 of the readme titled modifying
> > the default security settings.
> > a. I followed all the steps with no problem
> > step 8
> > Modifying the default security settings
> > Use the following procedure to modify the default
> > security settings established by the security features.
> > To use the Outlook Security template to modify settings
> > on Exchange Server
> > 1. On a computer running Outlook, open
> > OutlookSecurity.oft from the working directory where you
> > installed the Outlook security tools.
> > 2. -7......
> >
> > 8. Create either a default security setting or custom
> > settings for a specific set of users.
> > To create a default security setting that will be used by
> > all users, click Default Security Settings for All Users,
> > and then scroll to the bottom of the template and click
> > the Close button.
> > To create custom security settings for a specific set of
> > users, click Security Settings for Exception Group, and
> > then type a name in the Security Group Name box that
> > describes the group. In the Members box, type the name of
> > each user who must have custom security settings. If the
> > Exchange server you are running against is an Exchange
> > 2000 or later server, then you can use distribution lists
> > (only server created security groups) in the Members box.
> > Otherwise, you cannot use distribution lists. Adding
> > users from the Contact Address Book is not supported.
> > Specify the settings you need and then click the Close
> > button.
> >
> > When I make my changes and click close. It then asks if
> > I want to save my changes and I click yes. Then I get
> > this error (The access levels on this security setting
> > cannot be saved, probably because of an invalid
> > password. This setting is currently set as a default
> > setting for all users. You should either delete the
> > setting or save it again, and type the correct
> > password.)
> > - I tried save as and in a different location than
> > my docs. I also tried it with the administrators account
> > and same thing. I may have gotten around this by using
> > the OutlookSecurity.oft form and making my changes then
> > saving it under a different name and it saved.
> > o The instructions don't tellme where I should have
> > saved this filel or what to do with it next? Where do I
> > put it on the server? Do I have to install outlook on
> > the server to get this to work even though it says on a
> > computer running outlook???
> > o
> > 4. The next section deploying the customized outlook
> > security setting and noticed my machine or the servers
> > did not have the registry folder Security under
> > HKEY_CURRENT _USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\.
> >
> > Can someone please tell me what I am doing wrong and if
> > ther is an easier way to disable thoise nag boxes.
> >
> > Thanks so much in advance
> > shannon
> >
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