"IMATEK" wrote in message
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NON-ISSUE -- once I receive the encrypted email with the little blue lock, I
open it then at that point (IN OUTLOOK 2007) I can not forward it to a
co-worker within our office or within our exchange environment. Actually it
seems as though once the email is open in outlook 2007 it it stays
encrypted,
unchanged and will not allow me to forward it to a co worker or outside
email
address UNLESS I manually uncheck the blue lock in the top options pane when
the message is open.

You are correct. Opening it unencrypts it. You can then forward that to
anyone in the world, be they internal or external, because the message is in
an unencrypted form. Keep in mind, however, that, by default, if you receive
an encrypted message and either reply or forward that message, Outlook will
match the status of signed or encrypted unless you purposely disable the
signing or encrypting. In other words, if you receive a message with icon
containing a lock or a ribbon and reply to or forward that message, Outlook
will enable those same attributes on the new message automatically and you'll
need to disable them before sending. That's how it works in our environment
where there are over 100,000 Outlook users.

NOTE: This worked at one point in OUTLOOK 2007 for almost a year, then
something changed in the enviroment and we can no longer complete the above
action the way we can in OUTLOOK 2003.

Unfortunately, I don't use Outlook 2007 in an environment that includes
encryption, although I use it extensively with Outlook 2003, so I can't
compare the behavior. I believe them to behave the same, however.

I HOPE THIS MAKES SENSE SO BASICALLY WE WANT THE OUTLOOK 2007 TO KEEP
WORKING LIKE THE OUTLOOK 2003.


We want to get the encrypted email then open it and forward it to an
internal email address without having to uncheck the blue lock on each email
one at a time.

Outlook 2003 will automatically match the attributes on the message as well
or, at least that's how it works for everyone I know. It's no different from
Outlook 2007 in that regard.

Is there a global settings somewhere?

I don't know of any.
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]