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DTOO215 – Outlook – Read signed email as plain text must be enforced.

Details

Outlook can display e-mail messages and other items in three formats: plain text, Rich Text Format (RTF), and HTML. By default, Outlook displays digitally signed e-mail messages in the format they were received in.

Solution

Set the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Outlook 2010 -> Outlook Options -> Preferences -> E-mail Options ‘Read signed e-mail as plain text’ to ‘Enabled’.

Supportive Information

The following resource is also helpful.

This security hardening control applies to the following category of controls within NIST 800-53: Configuration Management.This control applies to the following type of system Windows.

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Updated on July 16, 2022
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