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From: "andyb@thumpernet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Dan Evans" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2001 9:25 PM
Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] A tricky moral problem
> Hi Dan,
>
> First off I have read all of the other responses to your question.
>
> I have been owner/partner in 3 ISP's to date, Tech Manager of an ISP,
> worked for big corporations, and have been doing IT/business consulting
> for 14 years.
>
> Here are the things for sure:
>
> 1) Email is intellectual property and is the property of the company, so
> there is *no* privacy issue here. This is more clear cut if your
> company has an acceptable use policy where it is spelled out. If your
> company does not have one, issues like this are a good reason to get
> one.
Lawyers are onto it as we speak (type)
> 2) Even in the absence of an AU policy, the email is *still* company
> property.
>
> 3) That being said, the question is are you willing to stick your neck
> out? I have seen it go both ways. If it is management looking through
> email for any reason, it is different than an employee, even if it is
> one of the sys admins.
I'm sys admin / tech manager - where does that leave me? Then throw in that
the 2 concerned are directors.
> I have a friend that got fired because he pointed out a security hole in
> the email system. The only way he could know that was by testing the
> system, for which he got fired.
Sounds a bit rough, I made policy when we started that the machines were
mine, and I had final say on security etc. If I want them attacked / checked
for security or wanted to let loose a hoard of hackers, then was up to me.
Got it in writing, which surprised the hell out of me - no arguments or
anything (well, one or two, but not from anyone I would take notice of
(beancounters)).
8>< Snip some stuff
Thanks for that, all taken on board
Dan
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