Email auditing

[anthony baldwin]

Derek Broughton wrote:
> charlie derr wrote:
>
>   
>> Karl-Heinz Schulz wrote:
>>     
>>> I want that all incoming and outgoing email for a particular user is cc:
>>> into another mail box.
>>>
>>> What is the best way to accomplish that?
>>>
>>> Which tools should I use?
>>>       
>> I don't think you should be attempting to solve a social problem with
>> technical means.   Which is my way of saying that I can't imagine a
>> scenario where anyone could convince me that this is an ethical route to
>> take.
>>     
>  
> Do you honestly think you have enough information to know there's anything
> unethical going on here?  I have _exactly_ that situation, where I want
> messages to support at pointerstop.ca to be sent to myself and my partner. 
> There are numerous other cases where it would be both ethical and proper.  
> What about a large business where you want a record of every email sent to
> particular addresses.  Or a lawyer who needs to ensure he can not
> accidentally delete any email he receives.
>
> In any case, if the intent is really for a company to copy a user's email -
> without that user's knowledge - the _legal_ issue is that it's probably the
> company's right in most jurisdictions, and the _ethical_ issue is that an
> employee shouldn't be using company email for things that the company
> shouldn't be entitled to copy.
>   
I was surprised to see that, apparently, monitoring a child's e-mail is
considered inappropriate, according to the UN.
How else are we to protect our children from online creEps if we
aren't permitted to monitor their e-mail use?
I don't forward my daughter's messages to me, but, she only
uses the computer in my presence, and I reserve the right to read
over her shoulder.  Plus, I know all of her passwords.
She's only eight.  She appreciates my attention and desire to
protect her.

/tony

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