[lug] Monitor Email

[jdavis]

On Tue, 2003-05-13 at 00:41, Zan Lynx wrote:
> On Mon, 2003-05-12 at 23:52, jd wrote:
> > Hello,
> >  A client of mine has asked if I can set up a way
> > for him to monitor email. He actually wants to see 
> > the content. 
> 
> First, I hope you and your client are being ethically and legally
> correct here.  He's got a right to read the email, and the emailers have
> been informed, etc?
> 
> If the network structure supports it, what I would do is set the
> firewall to block all outgoing email and require the use of an internal
> SMTP server to forward email.  Set that server to copy email to another
> file.
> 
> As one of your client's emailers, I would of course immediately start
> using GPG and anonymous remailers to encrypt everything.  Just because
> I'm contrary and enjoy poking authority.
> -- 
> Zan Lynx <zlynx at acm.org>

yes..its fun to jack with authority..except, Im very mean ;p

thanks,
jd