[In a message on Mon, 15 May 2000 16:49:50 BST,
"Iain MacDonnell" wrote:]
>John Summerfield writes:
>: > Presumably the concern is with possibly sensitive internal
>: > information being sent outside (to your home machine).
>:
>: Doesn't make sense to this poor old hack; how is this a greater risk than
>: someone just using the 'forward' button?
>
>The difference is that with the "Forward" button, you get to see the message
>and make a conscious decision before you forward it; you don't with a
>.forward.
As an Administrator for a large company, I can safely say this is a
pain in the ass for us. People put .forwards to their personal e-mail
as well as their work account, and thus everything they get goes out
cleartext to the planet. Worse, that person might move to a new part
of the company, yet still maintain an address with us, since they are
nominally "following up" on their work here. Then there's the issue
of cleaning up old stale stuff. . .
In a nutshell, when done concientiously, it's not a problem. But
what's your sysadmin's ratio of concientious to lazy in their
user base?
Sean
PS Oh, and try explaining to the VP of your division why his e-mail to
all employees comes back bouncing from yahoo.com some time. . .
