Re: Spying on Clients

On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 09:35:01 -0800, DinoBravo
<DinoBravo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Andy,

there is nothing that I am doing wrong, but I believe that the Network Admin
is wrong, and want to be able to present something to this persons Director
to support my claims.

Why do you think he is spying on you? What makes you think that?



Aren't there some standards/controls on supplying periodic reports to an
Admins Manager/Director that can show who is accessing what?

Event logs turned up can show mailbox access, but they also can lead
to a lot of false positives.
You dont even need mailbox access to monitor however if message
journaling or 3rd pary software was being used.


I would think that if an admin knows that if such a report is being made
available to their manager, they would think twice about going where they
don't belong.

If an end-user could easily prove that his mail is being monitored,
than it wouldnt make much sense to have that ability.



"Andy David {MVP}" wrote:

On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 09:14:01 -0800, DinoBravo
<DinoBravo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I have an Exchange 2003 account, and use Outlook 2007 as my client.

I have discovered that there is sharing (hand under the folder) displayed on
certain folders of my mailbox.

Checking the permissions, there is nothing abnormal ( Default = None,
anonymous = none).

I have tried removing both, and created an entry for myself with Owner
rights, but each time I edit and save these settings on any of the folders,
the sharing (hand under the folder) returns.

It has always been my belief that a network admin has been spying on me, and
this leaves me very curious and concerned.

There a number of ways mailboxes can be monitored.
If you are that concerned you should talk to HR - though I suspect
your company policies allow for it.
Nothing you can really do about it otherwise if it is happening, other
than quit.
Are you doing something that may get you fired?
If not, dont worry about it and keep your email professional.



Question 1 - Are Exchange Admin(s) able to set up access and rules that will
monitor certain folders within certain mailboxes for "informational" reasons?

Question 2 - How can I, as a normal user, collect a reporting that will
prove this?

I have heard that in previous versions of Office, the Journaling feature
would allow you to track any and all access to files, folders, etc. Is
there something similar that will show me dates, times, accounts accessing a
folder, etc.?

My understanding is that there is a log file on Exchange that shows all
accounts logging into all mailboxes, which would show if an Admin account was
logging into his/her bosses mailbox, etc.

I have looked into this where I work, and have been told that this logging
is not enabled. hmmm?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

.

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