Policy
Read e-mail as plain text
Microsoft Office
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
This policy setting determines whether Outlook renders all e-mail messages in plain text format for reading.Outlook can display e-mail messages and other items in three formats: plain text, Rich Text Format (RTF), and HTML. If you enable this policy setting, the "Read all standard mail in plain text" check box option is selected in the "E-mail Security" section of the Trust Center and users cannot change it. This option only changes the way e-mail messages are displayed; the original message is not converted to plain text format. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, Outlook displays e-mail messages in whatever format they were received in.
Registry values
How enabled and disabled states update the registry.
| Scope | Registry location | Type | Enabled value | Disabled value | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| User | Path software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\outlook\options\mail Value name readasplain | REG_DWORD | HKCU 1 | HKCU 0 |
Policy elements
Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.
This policy has no additional user input fields.