Default disclaimer for MS Exchange 2003

[Grumpy]

Does anyone know how to add a default disclaimer or global disclaimer to all out going email from exchange 2003.

 

Please its been a long week/term/year already....

[NetworkGeezer]

If your ISP/RBC does email content control then there might be an option to a disclaimer as part of the configuartion.

 

I think GFI also do a product which can add a disclaimer.

 

Otherwise, if you are really brave you can add one using event sinks.

[Geoff]

Disclaimers are pointless legally and technically, don't bother.

[Grumpy]

County directive!

[Geoff]

http://www.weblaw.co.uk/art_faqs.php

http://www.somis.dundee.ac.uk/general/wizards/emaildis.html

http://www.rediff.com/search/2001/sep/25mail.htm

http://goldmark.org/jeff/stupid-disclaimers/

 

If the above links fail to convince you, there's option B.

 

You're not a lawyer, your not qualified to write one.

[Netman]

Yep event sink is one way.. http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?id=317327 or paid solution is another http://www.msexchange.org/software/Disclaimers/

[Grumpy]

OK Geoff

 

Im convinced

 

Can I go back to playing with Sharepoint & SQLserver :idea: now!!!!

 

Its much more fun than Exchange......

[OutToLunch]

If you're sure that you need one (or someone is twisting your arm) as far as I understand it, GFI made the disclaimer part of their MailEssentials package freeware a while back.

 

http://www.gfi.com/news/en/mes8freedisc.htm

 

It gives you a 60 day trial of the rest of the features but the disclaimer remains active and free after that...

[john]

I use Exclaimer on my exchange box to do this, works well good program and it does internal and external as well as many other items that can be useful.

[Grommit]

I use Exclaimer on my exchange box to do this, works well good program and it does internal and external as well as many other items that can be useful.

 

I love this site... I was just give an Disclaimer to put on the outgoing email (yes I know its worthless but I have to do it) And this topic is a the top of the forum... WONDERFUL..

 

 

So John... how did you do it ?

[john]

You spend money, install Exclaimer on the exchange box, and then tell it to put X on all of e-mail outside of the company, and tell it to put Y on all internal mail. You can be really specific down to AD users if my brain is working correctly after a weekend off, its very enhanced stuff and I dont think its too badly priced for education/

[Grommit]

You spend money, install Exclaimer on the exchange box, and then tell it to put X on all of e-mail outside of the company, and tell it to put Y on all internal mail. You can be really specific down to AD users if my brain is working correctly after a weekend off, its very enhanced stuff and I dont think its too badly priced for education/

Talking about Exchange...

 

which is the best tool/Program to see who is sending large files, blocking AVI's and Mpegs etc, checking out accounts, and maybe putting in Disclaimer/s

[john]

I like Sophos Puremessage, it does file blocking / quarenteining and can do basic disclaiming (never tried it though so don't ask me how good it is as I have not tried).

[Andi]

OK, I need to put a footer on all of our external bound e-mails.

 

We run Exchange 2003 and I have followed the instructions at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/317680/

 

The EventSinkScript.vbs I created is:

<br />
Sub ISMTPOnArrival_OnArrival(ByVal Msg, EventStatus)<br />
   TextDisclaimer = vbCrLf & "Monmouth School" & vbCrLf & "Registered Charity 525616"<br />
   HTMLDisclaimer = "<p><br><br>Monmouth School<br>Registered Charity 525616"<br />
<br />
   If Msg.HTMLBody <> "" Then<br />
      'Search for the "
" tag and insert our disclaimer before that tag.
     pos = InStr(1, Msg.HTMLBody, "", vbTextCompare)
     szPartI = Left(Msg.HTMLBody, pos - 1)
     szPartII = Right(Msg.HTMLBody, Len(Msg.HTMLBody) - (pos - 1))
     Msg.HTMLBody = szPartI + HTMLDisclaimer + szPartII
  End If

  If Msg.TextBody <> "" Then
     Msg.TextBody = Msg.TextBody & vbCrLf & TextDisclaimer & vbCrLf
  End If
   
  'Commit the content changes to the transport ADO Stream object.
  Msg.DataSource.Save ' Commit the changes into the transport Stream

  EventStatus = cdoRunNextSink
End Sub

[Andi]

OK so after more research it would appear that I can't use this event sink solution if I'm using Outlook as a mail client. Is there any way that anybody knows about to get around this without using another computer as a smarthost?

[OutToLunch]

The GFI free version mentioned earlier in the thread is the easiest/best way to get this set up quickly without paying £££...

[Andi]

The GFI method is no longer an option as the latest version does expire with the trial

[OutToLunch]

The last version to support free disclaimers was V11 - it's not too hard to find with a bit of googling... Probably shouldn't post a direct link here though? Not sure of the rules. Have it running here, does a great job - although doesn't support embedding images in mails if that's your cup of tea.

[Andi]

Fantastic I'll have a search around for the older version.

 

Thanks.