Outlook 2003 - Horrible security

[CalvinHobbes]

Just installed Office 2003. Opened outlook 2003 this morning and it pops up the login/password dialog. In the meantime, Outlook is opened in the background and I can read any other e-mails I'd like. The old Outlook wouldn't even connect until you completely logged in. I can also cancel the login dialog and work offline which allows me to see every e-mail without actually logging in. How can this be the default security! How can I make Outlook more secure?

 

[Czar]

exchange server?

 

[CalvinHobbes]

Yes, Exchange Server. OS is Windows 2003 Server (Standard Edition).

Update: Got it working correctly now but I'm not sure what I did. I changed a bunch of security settings and now it works perfectly. Have to go back and retrace exactly what I changed.

 

[Czar]

I think it was because you were running in cached mode
that way you dont need to connect to the exchange server to view your mail

 

[zodder]

I've seen the same phenomenon from users who were trying to access Exchange 2003 OWA. There were times when they were able to open their messages before they logged on, or read the preview panes of messages before logging on.

 

[Smilin]

Originally posted by: CalvinHobbes
Just installed Office 2003. Opened outlook 2003 this morning and it pops up the login/password dialog. In the meantime, Outlook is opened in the background and I can read any other e-mails I'd like. The old Outlook wouldn't even connect until you completely logged in. I can also cancel the login dialog and work offline which allows me to see every e-mail without actually logging in. How can this be the default security! How can I make Outlook more secure?

Uh, don't let anyone have your workstation password?? Might secure one or two other things as well.

You are only logging into the server to retrieve email - not secure email already present on your workstation.