Hi On 09/09/05, Graeme Fowler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Fri 09 Sep 2005 11:57:07 BST , Rory Campbell-Lange > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Is there any way I can capture the data, in the form of mail messages? > >I realise that this is an awfully naive question! > <snip> > >I don't have access to the main server at the moment. > > You can't do it by simply port mirroring because (as previously > described) you're not participating in the TCP session. There are > utilities out there which are based on libpcap which can process a > stream of data on (say) a mirror port and extract email from the stream > in real time, but you could argue that they're ethically questionable > in most cases. And none of them are Exim. > > Technical issues aside, if you don't have access to the mail server at > the moment, do you have permission and/or the legal right to be > carrying out what amounts to a form of communication interception? > > Wouldn't it just be easier to speak to the mail server administrator? > Or is there some legal technicality preventing you from doing so?
The scenario is that the office in question has a big complex installation using an Oracle mail system (the details I have are fuzzy); and they would like to keep a copy of all their ingoing and outgoing mail. The intention was not to intrude on the actual conversations, just archive mail. Regards, Rory -- Rory Campbell-Lange <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <www.campbell-lange.net> -- ## List details at http://www.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://www.exim.org/eximwiki/
