Read EMail as plain text

Read EMail as plain text - Outlook.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-17770	DTOO214 - Outlook	SV-18978r1_rule	ECSC-1	Medium

Description
Outlook 2007 can display e-mail messages and other items in three formats: plain text, Rich Text Format (RTF), and HTML. By default, Outlook displays e-mail messages in whatever format they were received in.

STIG	Date
Microsoft Outlook 2007	2014-04-03

Details

Check Text ( C-19033r1_chk )
The policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 -> Tools \ Options -> Preferences -> E-mail Options “Read e-mail as plain text” will be set to “Enabled”. Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Outlook\Options\Mail Criteria: If the value ReadAsPlain is REG_DWORD = 1, this is not a finding.

Check Text ( C-19033r1_chk )

The policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 -> Tools \ Options -> Preferences -> E-mail Options “Read e-mail as plain text” will be set to “Enabled”.

Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key:

HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Outlook\Options\Mail

Criteria: If the value ReadAsPlain is REG_DWORD = 1, this is not a finding.

Fix Text (F-17669r1_fix)
The policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 -> Tools \ Options -> Preferences -> E-mail Options “Read e-mail as plain text” will be set to “Enabled”.