No need to shout. Yes he has the right, but it should be excercised with caution and the boss backing you 100%. But the way it the original message read to me ( and that perception has been cleared up) He <could> have been randomly sampling for his own amusement. He wasn't. I have known very ignorant or un-ethical admins. that would and do. Don't look at the clients email without a reason. He had reason and policy backing him, and he chose to stick with policy. Very ethical of him.
rachel -----Original Message----- From: Dale Geoffrey Edwards [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 1:48 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Blocking a newsletter Rachel: As an Exchange Administrator, he has the right to browse ANYONE's mail. That mail belongs to the Company, so there shouldn't be anything in there that an enduser would be afraid of someone else seeing. Remember -- the email is on Company's equipment, software, etc. It is THEIRS. Gèoff....... -----Original Message----- From: Rachel Pickens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 2:09 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Blocking a newsletter >From my point of view: If no one has asked you to monitor content and provided a written order, what are you doing browsing someone else' mail? Its bad form, and can get you fired. If you have been told to monitor then just enforce what is normally enforced. Don't ask the end user. They will talk you into an exception, and that one exception will become a chink in your armour that will be used and abused by everyone. I wasn't going to to register my opinion on this one, but I must tell you, taking advice from Hummert is a bad idea. Whatever you do, don't do it because Hummert says so. I (shudder) have seen the places Hummert considers normal and it makes me want to scrub off the top 2 layers of my skin. Sincerly, Rachel -----Original Message----- From: James Liddil [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 10:14 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Blocking a newsletter Via Scanmail I find that a user is subscribed (or appears to be) to the f^ckedcompany.com newsletter. Besides the domain name there is other profanity in the newsletter. So do I follow company policy or let it slide? My gut reaction is to ask the person if they are subscribed and then politely ask them to unsubscribe and not have this kind of thing sent to a work address. Jim Liddil _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]