I have not verified the below myself, but it comes from Paul Thurrot, News Editor of "Windows and .NET" magazine, so expect it's at least fairly accurate. I throw this out just so it's on everyone's radar. I think you'll be able to pull the implications out of this yourselves so I won't bother to comment further, other than to say it appears that - so far - this new twist is easily circumvented: --------------------------------------------- "Office 2003 Beta 2 includes an interesting new capability called Windows Rights Management (WRM) that helps you protect sensitive corporate data and other intellectual property. Available in Word 2003, Excel 2003, and Outlook 2003, this feature lets you set permissions rights on documents, spreadsheets, and email so that, for example, you can prevent an email recipient from printing, screen capturing, copying, or forwarding sensitive information. In my early tests with WRM technology, I've discovered a simple workaround, but the technology does work roughly as advertised: If you attempt to open a protected email message in Outlook, Outlook connects you to a WRM server to validate your permissions. If you attempt to open that message in another email client, the client won't open or display the message." . __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - establish your business online http://webhosting.yahoo.com