Jaysus Christmas, people. Don't send this to the list. Jim H: can you put the application on a server somewhere so all of the frigging AOLusers can shut up?
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 4:10 PM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: RE: OT (slightly) - how to test your users e-mail habits > > > Please send the app to me as well. > > Thanks! > > Greg Pickett, MCSE > Information Systems Manager > S. A. Miro, Inc. > 303-741-3737 > www.samiro.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Joe Irvine [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 1:50 PM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: RE: OT (slightly) - how to test your users e-mail habits > > > I'd love that little app myself! > > > Thanks! > > Joe Irvine > Director of Information Technology > The Business Office, Inc. > (609) 597-1155, Fax (609) 597-2860 > www.tbopayroll.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Adams, Shawn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 11:45 AM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: RE: OT (slightly) - how to test your users e-mail habits > > > Yhea send that to me too.. i like that > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Ens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 10:39 AM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: RE: OT (slightly) - how to test your users e-mail habits > > > Man that is funny...I need you to send that to me...keep my sanity by > watching others go crazy. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Holmgren [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 10:35 AM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: RE: OT (slightly) - how to test your users e-mail habits > > > We do the same type of thing, in-house. We wrote a little > program that we > send out as an attachment from time-to-time. We send it to > everyone in the > company with a forged header to appear to come from elsewhere, and we > include a nice little "pigeon-english" subject, similar to "I > send you this > file to have your advice" ;-). > If the (l)user runs it, a nice little box pops up on their PC > and lets them > know that they could have just hosed their machine and > seriously fzckued up > the network. It also logs their username to a text file on one of our > servers, so we can keep tabs on who we caught. It makes for good > entertainment on a Friday afternoon. > > -Jim > > Jim Holmgren MCSE, CCNA > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Network Engineer > Advertising.com > > We bring innovation to interactive communication. Advertising.com -- > Superior Technology. Superior Performance. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Toni, Randy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 11:23 AM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: OT (slightly) - how to test your users e-mail habits > > > I heard a comment on some tech show last week from someone > who was talking > about the dangers of email bombs, and apparently there is a > service out > there that you can connect to, compose a "tempting" junk mail for your > users, and send it off to see who will actually blow off the > "be careful" > policy at work and just open the message and/or corresponding > attachment > anyway. I assume that when someone opens the attachment, it > will in turn > e-mail some kind of a report back to the service (or maybe > directly to > you?), where you can gather stats on who/how many went for > it. This guy > quoted a stat -- something like 40% of users will typically open any > message/attachment regardless of policy or the repeated > preaching by email > admins. > > I got a call recently (rather irate user) trying to open an > attachment from > an unsupported app... > user: "I can't open an attachment" > me: "what is it - a word doc or spreadsheet or something?" > user: "I don't know" > me: "is it something you were expecting from someone?" > user: "no" > me: "why are you trying to open it?" > user: "I just want to see what it is" > me: "just ignore it" > user: "but why can't I open it?" > me: "you're PC doesn't recognize what it is" > user: "well, I sent to so-and-so, and what's-her-name, > (etc..), and they > can't open it either" > me: <sigh> "just delete it and I'll tell them to do the same" > > Our users not only dive into the unknown, but they make sure > their friends > are doing the same - aarhgggghhh! These guys get the sermon > on a regular > basis but it just doesn't sink in. When I heard about this > kind of service > out there, I thought "this is kind of sneaky (would it even > be considered a > kind of entrapment?)", but it would clearly demonstrate the > problem to the > managers here. Someone on another list once made a very wise comment > (probably been said here too) about trying to use technology to solve > behavioral problems, but that's not my intent. I'd like to > use technology > to raise awareness of the problem - not to solve it. The > service might give > us a more tangible idea if there are a lot of people here > that blow off > policy and just open everything they get, and it could be up > to the managers > here to deal with the offending staff appropriately. > > Is this kind of service something very new? Does anyone know > anything about > it? I wish I could have caught the details of that show but I was > multitasking that day (my 5-year-old took over as highest > priority) so I got > side-tracked, but I'd like to know if anyone has any thoughts > on this. > > thanks > randy. > > > *********************************************************** > The information transmitted in this email is intended only > for the person(s) > or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or > privileged material. Any review, > retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of > any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or > entities other > than the intended recipient is prohibited. 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