Dishonest network Administratot

he's the admin - even if he couldn't do as you describe, he could always put
a net sniffer in front of the box looking for SMTP messages.

"Tony" <Fyshman@twcny.rr.com> wrote:
>
>Can anyone tell me if it is possible for a network administrator to have
a
>copy be sent to himself of all mail messages being sent from one indivdual
>on the mail server to another individual on the mail server with out them
>knowing?

SMTP is for sending mail and POP3 is for receiving mail. If you just look
at packets aimed at a certain port you can sniff the protocol that you want.
--
Eli Allen
eallen@bcpl.net

"Tony" <fyshman@twcny.rr.com> wrote in message
news:3af742e8$1@news.dev-archive.com...
>
> "Michael Howard" <mikehow@microsoft.com> wrote:
> >
> >he's the admin - even if he couldn't do as you describe, he could always
> put
> >a net sniffer in front of the box looking for SMTP messages.
> >
> >
> >"Tony" <Fyshman@twcny.rr.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>Can anyone tell me if it is possible for a network administrator to have
> >a
> >>copy be sent to himself of all mail messages being sent from one
indivdual
> >>on the mail server to another individual on the mail server with out
them
> >>knowing?
> >
> What exactly is a SMPT message?
>

>I am the Network Administrator with over 500 users on my exchange email system.
>In short the answer is YES! From Exchange to small mail servers, almost
all
>have this feature.

Wayne,

This message must be unnerving for all those 500 in your company :-) Well,
I feel in the case of corporate e-mail IDs, and as long as it is mentioned
in your company's E-mail policy, its okay for an administrator to do that.

Cheers,
Rohit