Re: administrator permissions mail server

Hi.

On Tue, 6 Feb 2007, Step0ut wrote:
> I am sorry if this is not the exact forum to post this question but
> seemed the most relevant. I am working in a network with 40/50 PC's
> managed by 3 people with administrator passwords. The OS used is
> GNU/Linux. There is also a webmail service provided by the same
> server, which is also maintained by the same people. My question is
> the following: Since the administrator has of course access to all
> user files, does this mean that one with administrator privileges
> can read everybody's emails?

Yes.

If you are concerned about administrators of the mail server use
encryption: <http://gnupg.org/>

Note that if they are also administrators of your local computer, they
can as well steal your key and install a keylogger to get all your
gnupg passwords.

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Regards,
ASK