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Unfortunately I don't know how to disable this feature from MS Word. I scoured the help files and all of the tool bars. Any suggestions?

I am amazed at how helpful everyone has been. I spent about 6 hours today scouring the Net for techniques, etc. with little to show for it. But I've been on here for 2 hours and already I've acquired more useful suggestions, etc. than comapred to the previous 6 hours. Kudos! One last querry: anyone recommend a particular brand of firewall (hardware)? E.g. Links, etc. And or software? E.g. Sysgate Pro, etc. And when I get the firewall I should be able to configure it so that I block ports 25 and 110 (which would take care of ALL web based emails) correct?

If I purchase a firewall and set it up between the lab's main switch and the direct Internet connection, I should be able to prevent the emails?

You're right about port 80. I used a proc called Cdcombobulator which blocked port 80. I couldn't use the HTTP protocol. I was wondering though if I could just block outgoing stuff, I.e. Outlook Express (POP3) stuff...without preventing regular Internet activity...

I am a high school computer administrator (hobbiest turned admin really for lack of anyone else). I am trying to close the holes by which students can access hotmail, etc. from our computer lab because of virus issues. Anyhow, I have controlled the POP3 problem for the most part using special programs, etc. However, the more industrious students are using MS Word to access their hotmail and/or send hotmail. They simply use the "mailto:" command in MS Word by using the control key and the fact that MS Word supports hyperlinks. I've gone through the help files and nothing is there relating to how this can be turned off. Is there a reg hack for this? Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated...

Hello: I am an intermediate IT support person for a high school computer lab. I'm having some trouble preventing students from accessing webmail. I thought the easiest thing to do would (rather than trying to ban 20,000 websites supplying email) would be to remove the ports that support webmail. I've done some research into POP, etc. and discovered that ports 109, 110, etc. support web based mail activity. Could someone explain to me how these ports might be closed? PS. I went into Network Connections, double clicked TCP/IP protocol, advanced properties. I found some filtering options in there and messed around but to no avail...