Read EMail as plain text must be enforced.

From Microsoft Outlook 2010 STIG

Part of DTOO214 - Read EMail as plain text

Associated with: CCI-000366

SV-33518r1_rule Read EMail as plain text must be enforced.

Vulnerability discussion

Outlook 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.

Check content

The policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Outlook 2010 -> Outlook Options -> Preferences -> E-mail Options “Read e-mail as plain text” must be set to “Enabled”. Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\14.0\outlook\options\mail Criteria: If the value ReadAsPlain is REG_DWORD = 1, this is not a finding.

Fix text

Set the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Outlook 2010 -> Outlook Options -> Preferences -> E-mail Options “Read e-mail as plain text” to “Enabled”.

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