Setting the Security Setting (Classification) for E-Mail You Send

A classification is a security setting that lets the recipient know if the item is confidential, top secret, and so forth. This information appears at the top of the item. A classification does not provide any encryption or additional security. It is meant to alert the recipient to the relative sensitivity of the item.

  1. To set the security for one item:

    Open an item view, then click Send Options > General.

    or

    To set the security for all items you send:

    Click Tools > Options > Send > Send Options.

  2. Select a security setting from the Classification drop-down list.

    • Normal

    • Proprietary

    • Confidential

    • Secret

    • Top secret

    • For your eyes only

  3. Return to the item you are composing.

    or

    Click OK, then click Close to save the setting for all items.

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