When a user starts Outlook, Outlook checks a Windows registry key to see if the administrator has specified that the user can use customized settings. If the registry key is not found, or the registry key is not set to enable customized settings, Outlook uses the default maximum security settings and all of the features of the security update are enabled. If the registry key exists, however, and it is set to enable custom settings, Outlook retrieves the user's settings from the public folder on the Exchange Server computer. To do this, users need to add the Outlook Security Settings public folder to the Favorites folder and then synchronize the folders. Once the folder is added to the Favorites, it may not be visible, but functions normally.
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Using custom settings with the Outlook E-mail Security Update is only supported on Microsoft Exchange Server version 5.0 or later. Microsoft Exchange Server version 4.x is not supported. An organization's Outlook security settings are stored in the Outlook Security Settings folder. An administrator configures the settings, and each individual client computer can optionally retrieve settings from this folder every time that Outlook starts. Section 2.2 of the Readme.txt file describes how to set up the public folder.