How do I prevent domain users from attaching documents from a specific folder in their emails?

[zeelx470]

I asked a similar question last week and appreciate the answer I got. The users shouls be able to view and modify the documents but not email them out. Is there a way of doing this without having to deal with the exchange server?

[Valdis K]

You're basically being unreasonable in your requirements. Consider that if they're able to view and modify the documents, they can just *save* the document in some other folder - and then attach the document from the new folder. If you *insist* on filtering, it has to happen *after* the user has lost any control over the mail (in other words, you have to do it at your exchange server or network firewall or similar spot in your network that you control and the user doesn't.

Technological solutions to social problems rarely work. If your organization is sufficiently complicated that you have an AD set up so you *have* domain users, you should have some policy that allows you to say "These data files are covered by a Non-Disclosure Agreement. As a condition of continued employment, you promise not to disclose the data outside the company".

Or "You send these out, I'll stop by with a baseball bat and rearrange your office and face".

Depending what sort of company you have.