Disable forward button in email

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Hi,

When we send email to user through SMTP in asp.net, then we need to restricted him from forwarding/replying that email, we can do this through outlook dll but we don't have that installed on server.

Posted 29-Jun-15 5:16am

gaurav7652000

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Richard Deeming 29-Jun-15 11:34am

Inside a corporate network that you manage, something like IRM[^] might work.

Outside of your network, there is no way to prevent the recipient from forwarding an email.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 29-Jun-15 11:35am

It would make little sense to apply restrictions to a particular mail client. There is always a way to send whatever the user wants.
—SA

Andy Lanng 29-Jun-15 11:46am

Add a threatening message like:
"This email is confidential. You may not forward or otherwise share this message as a whole or in any part. Failure to meet these condition could mean that you are personally liable under the Data Protection and Confidentiality Act 1998"

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ZurdoDev · Answer 1 · 2015-06-29T06:24:00

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As Richard mentioned, you can't do it outside your network.

What some companies do is send an email that has a link to a secure site where teh recipient can read the message. The message itself never gets emailed. Of course, they can still copy and paste but it is a bit more secure.

Posted 29-Jun-15 6:24am

ZurdoDev