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Exchange Server Cookbook
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Exchange Server Cookbook

by Paul Robichaux, Missy Koslosky, Devin L. Ganger
June 2005
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
464 pages
13h 2m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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8.4. Configuring Attachment Blocking for OWA 2003

Problem

You want to restrict OWA 2003 users' ability to open attachments.

Solution

Using a graphical user interface

  1. Log on to your Exchange Front-End server.

  2. Open the Registry Editor (regedit.exe).

  3. Select the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\MSEx-changeWeb\OWA registry key.

  4. Choose New DWORD Value from the Edit menu; name the new value DisableAttachments.

  5. Double-click DisableAttachments and set the value as appropriate:

    0 (the default)

    Makes attachments available, subject to the file-type blocking described in the Discussion section

    1

    Blocks access to all attachments from within OWA 2003. Outlook, IMAP, and POP users can access attachments normally

    2

    Allows attachment access for only those users who connect to back-end Exchange servers or to the specified front-end servers only

If you want to allow access to attachments from one or more front-end servers, do the following on your front-end servers:

  1. Select the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\MSEx-changeWeb\OWA registry key.

  2. Choose New String Value from the Edit menu; name the new value AcceptedAttachmentFrontEnds.

  3. Double-click AcceptedAttachmentFrontEnds and enter the names of the front-end servers through which you want to allow users to access attachments. For multiple servers, separate the server names with spaces.

Using a command-line interface

The following command sets the DisableAttachments value:

> reg add HKLM\System\currentcontrolset\services\MSExchangeWeb\OWA ...
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