One method used to infect Windows PCs is through malformed/malicious HTML content stored inside emails (and in most cases hidden.)  Because of this, one of the first things I do after installing Microsoft Outlook is set the client to convert all received email to Plain Text.  The setting in Outlook 2007 is “Read all standard mail in plain text.”  Enabling this feature not only helps secure your desktop against malformed or malicious HTML (who wants to get hacked right?) but it can also contribute to protecting your privacy. Especially so in regards to marketing emails/spam with embedded HTML linkbacks to Web Sites that track all kinds of marketing data about the person who opens the email.  Slimy eh? Anyway, let’s get to it:

(The first time I went to enable the setting, it took a few minutes because it’s not in the same place as Outlook 2003.) Enable Outlook 2007 Setting: Read all standard mail in plain text Step 1:   Click Tools, Trust Center

  Step 2:   Click E-Mail Security, Check Box Read all standard mail in plain text

That’s it!  All done!  Groovy eh?? Questions?  Comments?  Drop a note here or on the Forum Tags: email, outlook 2007, privacy, security WELCOME to the site and thank you for the feedback. But can u tell me how to do in Outlook 2003?? Welcome to the site! To answer your question, the process is VERY simple for 2003

  1. Click “Tools”, “Options” 2) Click “Email Options” button 3) Check Box “Read all standard mail in plain text” All done! If I get time I’ll write this up with screenshots for ya. If it’s a general question, please post in our forum – https://www.groovypost.com/forum/ That way our entire community can join in on the discussion and get your question answered! Hope one of those help you out. I don’t think there is an option in Outlook to SEND an email if you don’t hit send. Make sense? If that’s not the case you should post your question under the “OFFICE” section in our free tech support Forum and post a few screenshots with your config. The answer however, no. Not really. The same email is still in your Inbox, it’s just that Outlook is translating the email into TXT vs. displaying the HTML. So — it will make it more SECURE however, not really save ya space. :) Comment

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