Id like to find a way that email could only be read once tehn it self destructs... but.. i doubt that exists... so.. heheh ill wait till then...
Jer Privileged/Confidential Information may be contained in this message. If you are not the addressee indicated in this message (or responsible for delivery of the message to such person), you may NOT copy, forward, CC, BCC or deliver this message to anyone. In such case, you should destroy this message and kindly notify the sender by reply email. Please advise immediately if you do not consent to Internet email for messages of this kind. Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message do not relate to the anyone other than the sender. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wolf, Glenn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 10:45 AM Subject: RE: email foRwarding > Sounds like a policy issue. If users are doing this so they can get their > email "on the road" or from home, it would probably be worthwhile to set up > a web-mail interface instead. Email IS inherently unsecure (think > post-office personnel reading your postcards). What needs to be weighed is > whether you can create a MORE secure email access point than, say, hotmail, > which has had its own problems... ;) > > Glenn > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Marcus James [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 3:44 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: email fowarding > > > > Here's the situation: > > One of the companies I work at enables certain users to foward their email > to an external address of their choice. So internal email sent to an > employee may be fowarded externally to a hotmail account for example. What I > am trying to determine is what the best practices are in this regard. My > gut-feel says that this is not a good idea since email is "inherently > insecure" and may be intercepted and so on and so forth. But on the other > hand is this such a big deal? I'm not sure. > > A second question: Would forcing users to use a web interface to access > their email instead be "more secure"? > > Thanks... >
