Read Receipt Remover for Microsoft Exchange 2007/2010 Server

Updated: 3-November-2010  

Current version: 1.0.0.5

This version can work on Exchange 2007 SP 1 with Update Rollup 4 or a later update rollup installed. 



Purpose

Read Receipt Remover for Microsoft Exchange 2007/2010 application (RRR) can remove the read receipt request from any e-mail message, so the Read Notification will never be sent back to the message originator. You can create a group of users that will never receive the read report requests. Optionally you can prevent sending read receipts globally or only from internal users. 
The application is a Transport agent. 



Benefits

This application can increase the "hacker-resistance" of your e-mail system 
Read request removing is processed instantly, before any rules are applied 
You can set up RRR to work selectively or globally.



Installation

On your Exchange 2007/2010 Hub Transport Server or Edge server computer:
1. Select (or create) a user account that is a member of the local Administrators, Domain Admins and Domain Users security groups.
2. Log on locally as that user.
3. Download RRR2007-Demo.zip archive file to C:\Program Files\RRR2007\ directory and extract all files.
4. If you are runnihg Exchange 2007, navigate to C:\Program Files\RRR2007\Ex2007\ directory.
If you are runnihg Exchange 2010, navigate to C:\Program Files\RRR2007\Ex2010\ directory.
5. Run install.bat.



Testing

1. In Active directory create a global security group named NoReadReceipts. Add there any amount of mailbox enabled users, mail enabled public folders or Contacts you want to never send read receipts.
2. Run C:\Program Files\RRR2007\RRRsetup.exe. Click Add button. "RRR Setup - Add groups" window will appear. Click Populate button. Select NoReadReceipts group in the list. Click OK.
Lets assume you have added RRRTEST user (mailbox) to NoReadReceipts group.
3. Using Outlook, create a new message, click View -> Options and check "Request a read receipt for this message".
4. Send this message to RRRTEST.
5. Read the message as RRRTEST.
6. Make sure a read receipt has not been sent to originator. 



Limitations

Read Receipt Remover 2007 utility version 1.0.0.5 can work on Exchange 2007 SP 1 with Update Rollup 4 or a later update rollup installed. 
The application does not support nested groups. 



Uninstallation

1. If you are runnihg Exchange 2007, navigate to C:\Program Files\RRR2007\Ex2007\ directory.
If you are runnihg Exchange 2010, navigate to C:\Program Files\RRR2007\Ex2010\ directory.
2. Run uninstall.bat
3. Delete C:\Program Files\RRR2007\ directory. 



About this demo version. 

RRR demo version always adds "[RRR 2007 - DEMO]" prefix to the Subject line of each handled message.



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I greatly appreciate your comments and criticism.


Thank you,

Victor Ivanidze
IvaSoft
