As far as I know, you can't do this with Outlook....you need to use an encryption program...there are many and I don't know which ones are best Network Associates offers one for free called PGP...but it's only free if it's used for non-commercial use....since you say this is at work, that may not be the case for you, so you will have to find some other alternatives Here's the link to PGP tho so you can check it out and see if this is what you are looking for: http://www.pgp.com/products/freeware/default.asp Linda Publisher ~ ABC ~ All 'Bout Computers Owner ~ Linda's Computer Stop http://personal-computer-tutor.com FREE MS Office eBook Tutorial http://personal-computer-tutor.com/library.htm -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of sandylea@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2002 9:39 AM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] outlook question Using Outlook (NOT OE) at work, I want to send a message to a group of people but want to be able to add a password to the message so that only those with the password could open the message, is this possible? thanks SandyLea ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=unsubscribe Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************