Don't forward

posted Mar 13 '11 at 6:30 pm

I ask because of an interview I saw with Bill Gates last night on
C-Span. He mentions such a feature on Windows, I assume on Outlook or
Outlook Express.

It might be something that can be used via Outlook and Exchange but even when using Outlook you can save the message as a text file and submit it manually to the Exchange server. There is nothing in the e-mail RFC's that will stop a knowledgeable person from forwarding a message no matter what Bill gates says about Windows. ;-) FWIW, Bill may know Windows but he proves over and over he knows very little about E-mail and the Internet. ;-)

<blockquote>I ask because of an interview I saw with Bill Gates last night on C-Span.&nbsp; He mentions such a feature on Windows, I assume on Outlook or Outlook Express. </blockquote>It might be something that can be used via Outlook and Exchange but even when using Outlook you can save the message as a text file and submit it manually to the Exchange server.&nbsp; There is nothing in the e-mail RFC's that will stop a knowledgeable person from forwarding a message no matter what Bill gates says about Windows.&nbsp; ;-)&nbsp; FWIW, Bill may know Windows but he proves over and over he knows very little about E-mail and the Internet.&nbsp; ;-)

Michael Robertson

posted Mar 13 '11 at 3:48 am

Is there an option that can be set on Pegasus Mail to deny the receiver of any mail the ability to forward that mail?

Thomas R. Stephenson

posted Mar 13 '11 at 6:12 am

Is there an option that can be set on Pegasus Mail to deny the receiver of any mail the ability to forward that mail?

Nope, and not only that there is very little you can do to keep them from editing your text to make it look like you said something you did not even when forwarding without editing in any mail system out there. There are schemes that will detect this though if you use something like PGP.

<blockquote>Is there an option that can be set on Pegasus Mail to deny the receiver of any mail the ability to forward that mail?</blockquote>Nope, and not only that there is very little you can do to keep them from editing your text to make it look like you said something you did not even when forwarding without editing in any mail system out there.&nbsp; There are schemes that will detect this though if you use something like PGP.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

Michael Robertson

posted Mar 13 '11 at 4:29 pm

I ask because of an interview I saw with Bill Gates last night on C-Span. He mentions such a feature on Windows, I assume on Outlook or Outlook Express.

I ask because of an interview I saw with Bill Gates last night on C-Span.&nbsp; He mentions such a feature on Windows, I assume on Outlook or Outlook Express.

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