How to disable / remove BCC field in E2k7 SP 2 OWA
Hello, Setup : Exchange 2007 SP 2 Is it possible to disable / remove BCC field in outlook web access ? Thanks in advance for your reply, Ghouse
August 10th, 2010 4:20pm

Please see: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/exchangesvradmin/thread/fd557759-b12f-46c9-97ae-333fa09c84ee
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August 10th, 2010 4:25pm

Hi, See how is it Active Directory for Users & Computers-->Domain's group policy and edit it. User Config--> Administrative Templates--> microsoft outlook 2000--> Disable items in user interface >> Predefined >> POLICY "disable command bar buttons and menu items" Then change the policy and enable everything but BCC field. Regards from www.windowsadmin.info
August 10th, 2010 5:53pm

I think the poster wants to disable in OWA, not Outlook.
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August 10th, 2010 9:20pm

Hello Andy, Yes, I want to disable BCC in OWA. As per your lnk http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/exchangesvradmin/thread/fd557759-b12f-46c9-97ae-333fa09c84ee [ In that case you'd need to have some users use one CAS server and others use another. There's not a way to do this on a user-by-user basis that I've found ] > In my setup, I want to do this for one AD site users. Site 1 [ one CC R , two HT CAS server-NLB ]. So they use local site CAS server. Can you please tell me what are the Server Side steps to acheive this. Regards, Ghouse
August 11th, 2010 10:36am

You could try: http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.exchange.misc/browse_thread/thread/c275aa0aacd6eb61 Havent tested this myself. Doubt its supported.
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August 11th, 2010 2:00pm

This explains how to always have it visible: http://www.leederbyshire.com/OWA-Show-Bcc-Exchange-2007.asp if you change the (true) near the end to (false), then I think will not appear any more.Outlook Web Access For PDA , OWA For WAP www.owa-pda.com email a@t leederbyshire d.0.t c.0.m
August 11th, 2010 3:42pm

Hi, Based on my test and research, the BCC field is built-in Client side and I’m afraid that it cannot be disabled in Exchange 2007 Server side or OWA side. Thanks, Novak Please remember to click “Mark as Answer” on the post that helps you, and to click “Unmark as Answer” if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread. ”
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August 12th, 2010 5:48am

I tried this in LAB, it is not working.
August 12th, 2010 10:42am

Hello Lee, I follwed that article and changed the value to (false), didn't help, I can still see the BCC filed in OWA. Regards, Ghouse
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August 12th, 2010 10:44am

Hi Ghouseuddin, The suggestion in above link is not for disabling BCC field. On the contrary, after performing the suggestions, the BCC field will be showed on OWA website. Please understand that the Exchange/Outlook is designed to accord with RFC standards, and BCC is a RFC compliant for Internet as CC and TO, BCC cannot be disabled on the server side. This is by design. Meanwhile, I've forwarded your comment to the corresponding channel for the purpose of improving user experience in the future. We strive to capture any product feedback so as to ensure that we are continuously developing products with new/optimum features to meet and satisfy the needs of as many customers as possible thus helping to make customers' job easier. Thanks, NovakPlease remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.
August 13th, 2010 5:14am

Okay, here's something else to try. Make a backup copy of the messageoptionsdialog.aspx file, then open it in Notepad. Search for the text 'chkBcc', and you will find a line like this: <input type="checkbox" id="chkBcc"> go up to the line before it, and change the <td> tag so that it looks like this: <td style="visibility:hidden"> Outlook Web Access For PDA , OWA For WAP www.owa-pda.com email a@t leederbyshire d.0.t c.0.m
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August 13th, 2010 4:36pm

Thanks Novak..
August 15th, 2010 8:47am

Hey Ley,, It worked .. BCC field is not visible when I clicked on new message \ Options. ( that's what I was looking for ) Thanks you, Ghouse
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August 15th, 2010 9:02am

Hi, Can you tell me how to locate the messageoptionsdialog.aspx file? Is the file on the server machine?
January 18th, 2011 2:11am

Yes. Search for the file name in Explorer on the OWA server.Outlook Web Access For PDA , OWA For WAP www.owa-pda.com email a@t leederbyshire d.0.t c.0.m
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January 18th, 2011 8:28am

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