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January 19th 07, 10:51 PM
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Security of Contact Info
I'm thinking of storing things like bank account and credit card info in my
Outlook 2003 Contacts (running stand alone-not on an Exchange server). Is this a good idea? Of course I'll password protect the data file, but should I use the High Encryption setting? Thanks 
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January 20th 07, 01:43 PM
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Password protection for an Outlook data file is not very tight. Hacks abound on the Internet.
-- Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003 http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx "user257" wrote in message ... I'm thinking of storing things like bank account and credit card info in my Outlook 2003 Contacts (running stand alone-not on an Exchange server). Is this a good idea? Of course I'll password protect the data file, but should I use the High Encryption setting? Thanks
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January 21st 07, 05:01 PM
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Thanks for your reply. Would the high encryption setting be enough? Where
could I find more info about this? Thanks "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: Password protection for an Outlook data file is not very tight. Hacks abound on the Internet. -- Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003 http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx "user257" wrote in message ... I'm thinking of storing things like bank account and credit card info in my Outlook 2003 Contacts (running stand alone-not on an Exchange server). Is this a good idea? Of course I'll password protect the data file, but should I use the High Encryption setting? Thanks
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January 21st 07, 07:30 PM
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No, the encryption setting won't make it any more secure from a password hack. Google for "Outlook password" and you'll see how easy it would be for someone to get into your file.
-- Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003 http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx "user257" wrote in message ... Thanks for your reply. Would the high encryption setting be enough? Where could I find more info about this? Thanks "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: Password protection for an Outlook data file is not very tight. Hacks abound on the Internet. "user257" wrote in message ... I'm thinking of storing things like bank account and credit card info in my Outlook 2003 Contacts (running stand alone-not on an Exchange server). Is this a good idea? Of course I'll password protect the data file, but should I use the High Encryption setting? Thanks
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