Dear Ed, I agree with you 100%. The problem is there are restrictions and similar issues have been encountered in the past, fortunately nothing as sensitive as what Georgetown has endured. The issue is that restrictions are in place and even with a confirmation system things like this do occur. In my experience a second message indicating that the first message was sent in error has been more than enough, however people want a contingency plan.
Thanks for all the information everyone! -dan -----Original Message----- From: Ed Crowley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 11:20 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Mass e-mail removal? Better to restrict who can send to large lists and limit the number of recipients to which a message can be sent. That alone will limit your necessity for such a plan. Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet MVP Freelance E-Mail Philosopher Protecting the world from PSTs and Bricked Backups!T -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Foerst, Daniel P. Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 7:49 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Mass e-mail removal? Hey all, A situation receive arose regarding Georgetown University and an ill-fated mail message being sent out to the entire university community in error. In summary, someone sent a message out to the entire student body which contained sensitive data. As a result of this they took their mail system down for 14 hours (they use Groupwise) and through a script of sorts that entered each mailbox and removed the message. I don't know how many people here face situations like this, but I have been asked if it is possible to have such a procedure in case something like that were to ever occur here. Is there a script/procedure available for doing something like this? Is it at all possible, I'm sure it is. Any help would be greatly appreciated! I don't ever want to take my system down for 14 hours more or less and have to do this by hand should it ever occur. For those of you that would like to read the article, here is the link.. http://chronicle.com/daily/2003/02/2003020701t.htm Thanks! -dan _________________________________________________________________ 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]
