Great blog by an anonymous Microsoft employee

[link|http://minimsft.blogspot.com/2005/10/bad-reviews-from-bad-bosses.html|Bad Reviews from Bad Bosses]. It sounds like many large organizations, but I always thought that things were pretty stable there for permanent employees. I see that that's no longer the case (if it ever was).

Things like this are good to keep in mind whereever you are:

But based on some things I've observed over the years, I have wondered if managers over certain level can directly access the email accounts of their reports, or if some sort of automated data collection is taking place and being sent to them.

They don't have to get access to your mailbox. They can have your mail delivered to their mailbox. Delivering mail to your mailbox and forwarding it to another mailbox is a feature of Exchange Server.

[link|http://www.webservertalk.com/archive128-2004-10-448426.html|http://www.webserver...04-10-448426.html]

[link|http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/e2k3/e2k3/e2k3_ldf_attributeSchema_ms_Exch_Deliver_And_Redirect.asp|http://msdn.microsof..._And_Redirect.asp]

Used with ms-Exch-Alt-Recipient Attribute. If True, delivers to the mailbox and also redirects.

Don't use email if you want privacy.

I'm sure that'll get worse over time (if the NSA doesn't have everything already).

Cheers,
Scott.

Post #231,665 by bluke 10/31/05 11:07:53 AM Reply	Great blog by an anonymous Microsoft employee [link\|http://minimsft.blogspot.com\|Mini-Microsoft] Micrososft is in worse trouble then I thought.
Post #231,753 by ben_tilly 10/31/05 5:23:34 PM Reply	Interesting It details how they are screwing themselves. THAT they are is not news though, the situation isn't worse than I expected. I just hadn't known details. Cheers, Ben I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
Post #231,759 by tuberculosis 10/31/05 5:36:23 PM Reply	Been reading that for awhile Shows that they are every bit a fsked up inside as their software. No surprise there. "Whenever you find you are on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect" --Mark Twain "The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." --Albert Einstein "This is still a dangerous world. It's a world of madmen and uncertainty and potential mental losses." --George W. Bush
Post #231,805 by Another Scott 10/31/05 10:50:34 PM Reply	Interesting. [link\|http://minimsft.blogspot.com/2005/10/bad-reviews-from-bad-bosses.html\|Bad Reviews from Bad Bosses]. It sounds like many large organizations, but I always thought that things were pretty stable there for permanent employees. I see that that's no longer the case (if it ever was). Things like this are good to keep in mind whereever you are: But based on some things I've observed over the years, I have wondered if managers over certain level can directly access the email accounts of their reports, or if some sort of automated data collection is taking place and being sent to them. They don't have to get access to your mailbox. They can have your mail delivered to their mailbox. Delivering mail to your mailbox and forwarding it to another mailbox is a feature of Exchange Server. [link\|http://www.webservertalk.com/archive128-2004-10-448426.html\|http://www.webserver...04-10-448426.html] [link\|http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/e2k3/e2k3/e2k3_ldf_attributeSchema_ms_Exch_Deliver_And_Redirect.asp\|http://msdn.microsof..._And_Redirect.asp] Used with ms-Exch-Alt-Recipient Attribute. If True, delivers to the mailbox and also redirects. Don't use email if you want privacy. I'm sure that'll get worse over time (if the NSA doesn't have everything already). Cheers, Scott.

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