No, no they don't. In fact, I know of multiple occasions in which people (including coworkers of mine) were fired for accessing someone else's mailbox without prior approval.
Yes, the email is the company's property. That does not imply, however, that the admins can look through it at their leisure. In most companies, including every one in which I have worked, its an instantly terminatable offense. ------------------------------------------------------ Roger D. Seielstad - MCSE Sr. Systems Administrator Inovis - Formerly Harbinger and Extricity Atlanta, GA > -----Original Message----- > From: Dale Geoffrey Edwards [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 2:48 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Blocking a newsletter > > > Rachel: As an Exchange Administrator, he has the right to > browse ANYONE's > mail. That mail belongs to the Company, so there shouldn't > be anything in > there that an enduser would be afraid of someone else seeing. > Remember -- > the email is on Company's equipment, software, etc. It is THEIRS. > > G�off....... > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rachel Pickens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 2:09 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Blocking a newsletter > > > From my point of view: > If no one has asked you to monitor content and provided a > written order, > what are you doing browsing someone else' mail? Its bad form, > and can get > you fired. If you have been told to monitor then just enforce what is > normally enforced. Don't ask the end user. They will talk you into an > exception, and that one exception will become a chink in your > armour that > will be used and abused by everyone. > > I wasn't going to to register my opinion on this one, but I > must tell you, > taking advice from Hummert is a bad idea. Whatever you do, don't do it > because Hummert says so. I (shudder) have seen the places > Hummert considers > normal and it makes me want to scrub off the top 2 layers of my skin. > Sincerly, > > Rachel > > -----Original Message----- > From: James Liddil [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 10:14 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: Blocking a newsletter > > > Via Scanmail I find that a user is subscribed (or appears to > be) to the > f^ckedcompany.com newsletter. Besides the domain name there is other > profanity in the newsletter. So do I follow company policy > or let it slide? > My gut reaction is to ask the person if they are subscribed and then > politely ask them to unsubscribe and not have this kind of > thing sent to a > work address. > > Jim Liddil > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
