Can I tell if an Outlook user is reading someone elses email?
I suspect that a manager is reading my email.....is there a way to tell?
Software/Hardware used:
server 2008r2 and exchange 2010
Software/Hardware used:
server 2008r2 and exchange 2010
ASKED:
April 8, 2011 1:13 AM
UPDATED:
April 19, 2013 5:25 PM
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Answer Wiki:
Unless you have shared any of your mail folders, you cannot tell from Outlook if anyone is reading your e-mail unless you have permissions to access the e-mail server and supporting programs.
It appears you are asking from a corporate setting. If there is an e-mail policy in place, it will define how e-mail is handled at your work place and who may have access to it. It is a trivial matter to give people access to your e-mail, if, by policy, they are allowed that access.Most managers do not have the time to give more than a cursory glance to such mail access, unless than there is a reason for the manager to pay attention.
As already mentioned, a corporate account should be used for corporate purposes, not for personal e-mails to mom or your girlfriend, arranging next weekend's softball game and bar-b-q (unless it is the company team) and so on.
You should have nothing to fear if a manager or higher it looking at your e-mail, it may even help you advance.
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I suspect that a manager is reading my email…
Most likely it is not “your email” if your manager is reading it. It probably belongs to your employer. Your manager has a right to read e-mail in a company e-mail account.
If you are using it for your personal benefit, you need to start using an e-mail account that belongs to you and that you access outside of your workplace. Otherwise, you need to expect your manager to read it.
Tom
well if your boss uses from the server to read the email, you cant tell…
I agree with Tom, if you are using for personal use, better have another account for your own personal stuff.
Have a buddy in the IT department? The mailbox itself (in Exchange System Manager) shows the last user to log in to that mailbox as well as the date/time of that occurrence. But, only admins (should) have access to that software.
However, do take to heart the other advice given here…the company email account you use is not ‘yours’ in the truest sense at all…be very careful as to what you send and receive using that account.
As an Exchange admin, I have on occasion had to use persons’ email accounts in litigation, terminations, etc. And…please don’t think that you are totally safe just because you deleted it from your inbox and emptied your deleted items…we often have ways of resurrecting such things. So…keep a separate personal account elsewhere, k?
This has already been said, but I wish to emphasize. It is not YOUR email, it belongs to the corporation for which you work. Companies typically have retention policies and software in place to capture ALL emails sent to and from their organization. If a judge subpoenas your company’s email your account may be reviewed and all emails sent or received by you can be reviewed and used in court if required. As said, if it doesn’t pertain to your business use an alternate external account for it. Period. HR can grant permission to anyone to read your email at any time without your permission or your knowledge. The best policy is to always believe your email IS being read and act accordingly in what you choose to send or receive.