Ok, I've ran out of ideas, so help me here :D

My mom wants to be able to keep a log of every email sent from her email account in outlook, which is easy enough to do, just configure it to create a copy of every sent message in the Sent Items folder. Now, the tricky part. She wants to be able to either pass protect it or any other security setting that either requires a password or just denies the right to delete a message stored in that folder. I've dug through group policy and the registry for an hour to no luck, heading to the MS Knowledgebase now, lol, any ideas?

All I could come up with (this fast :)) is the following:

Add another .pst file, and pass protect it. Creat a rule to move every send message (or a copy of it) to a folder in that added pst file.

The thing is Outlook only ask for the password once in an Outlook session; when first using that folder. This means that when your mother doesn't close Outlook, the messages in that folder can stilll be deleted.
But, if she closes her Outlook, the only way to view or delete the messages is if the person has that password.

I don't know the exact situation, so I don't know if this will work for you . . .

btw, just closing the pst file from outlook won't help, reopening it will be done without asking for the password if Outlook hasn't been shutdwn.

Hmm... that might work, *opens outlook and tries it* btw check you http vs. https post cacti :) hehe

That will work, but how do I make outlook use the new folder for storing sent messages? I tried moving the sent items folder to the pass protected PST but it won't let me :angry: lol

Weird,

I made a rule that moves (a copy) of every send message to a folder (Deleted Items) right after sending it. If moving the message itself can't be done, move a copy and delete the original message. Worked fine for me.

I used Outlook XP with an POP3 account. Couldn't test it on Exchange since our corporate FW is down :angry:

woohoo, worked :D