We do that within my IT department. If you leave the IT department without locking your computer, anyone else is free to send an email from your computer to the whole department announcing it is your privilage to bring doughnuts/bagels/cookies the next day. Doesn't matter if you are only stepping out for 30 seconds. Your screen better be locked. It forms good habits. I don't believe we have had a "violation" in well over a year. But we have a new help desk employee, I'm sure he'll get nabbed :)
On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 1:30 PM, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> wrote: > This is an easy fix. > > Find (or compose) a silly email on someone else's non-attended, > non-screensavered machine, and send it to the all users list. > > One of my favorites is to announce candy or cookies at the victim's desk. > > Be sure to wipe up for fingerprints afterward, if you happen to do it > to an executive, though. > > Heh. > > On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 08:43, Kennedy, Jim<[email protected]> > wrote: > > +1 > > > > > > > > You have given them the recommendation and they have decided. Let it go, > > move on and ignore the emails in the future. You may be sick of them but > > management is not. Yet. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > From: Matt Moore [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 11:22 AM > > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > > Subject: RE: Distribution lists > > > > > > > > In that case my advice is to turn a blind eye and let those execs worry > > about it. If it’s un-monitored, it’s just that. No worries. > > > > M > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > From: James Rankin [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 7:20 AM > > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > > Subject: Re: Distribution lists > > > > > > > > I would if I could, but I can't. Not until some idiot sends something > that > > gets on one of the exec team's nerves. Just wondering if there was any > other > > way I could spare myself some pain. > > > > I know the old adage about technological solutions to behavioural > problems, > > though, it has never rung truer > > > > 2009/7/13 Matt Moore <[email protected]> > > > > Limit access to a chosen few and all the spam goes away. > > > > M > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > From: James Rankin [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 7:07 AM > > > > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > > Subject: Distribution lists > > > > > > > > Afternoon Exchange gurus > > > > Is it possible to have the "All Staff" distribution list (or any other, > > really) set up so that when an email is sent to it, it goes to an > > administrator for approval first? I am sick of getting emails that say > > "there is a salesman selling cards in reception" and when someone spammed > > the DL with a hoax that was well-documented on snopes.com, I ended up > > getting a reprimand from my boss about being harsh to users. I only > > threatened to remove her ability to send to the DL. Sheesh. I know that > we > > shouldn't give all users the ability to send to it, but I doubt I am > going > > to shift my boss's boss's stance on this one. > > > > Any other pointers would be also gratefully received, I am not much of an > > Exchange bod. > > > > TIA, > > > > > > JRR > > > > -- > > "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into > > the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not > able > > rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke > such > > a question." > > > > http://raythestray.blogspot.com > > > > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > > Version: 8.5.387 / Virus Database: 270.13.7/2222 - Release Date: 07/12/09 > > 17:56:00 > > > > > > -- > > "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into > > the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not > able > > rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke > such > > a question." > > > > http://raythestray.blogspot.com > > > > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > > Version: 8.5.387 / Virus Database: 270.13.7/2222 - Release Date: 07/12/09 > > 17:56:00 > > >
