Files dragged from an Outlook e-mail to the file system must be created in ANSI format.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-223350 | O365-OU-000005 | SV-223350r961863_rule | CCI-000366 | medium |
| Description | ||||
| This policy setting controls whether e-mail messages dragged from Outlook to the file system are saved in Unicode or ANSI format. | ||||
| STIG | Date | |||
| Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2025-03-05 | |||
Details
Check Text (C-223350r961863_chk)
Verify the policy value for User Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Microsoft Outlook 2016 >> Outlook Options >> Other >> Advanced >> Use Unicode format when dragging e-mail message to file system is set to "Disabled".
Use the Windows Registry to navigate to the following key:
HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\outlook\options\general
If the value for msgformat is set to REG_DWORD = 0, this is not a finding.
Fix Text (F-25011r442270_fix)
Set the policy value for User Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Microsoft Outlook 2016 >> Outlook Options >> Other >> Advanced >> Use Unicode format when dragging e-mail message to file system to "Disabled".