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From: chuq@plaid.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Monitoring outgoing mail
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Date: Sun, 7-Jun-87 23:43:07 EDT
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Posted: Sun Jun  7 23:43:07 1987
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Reply-To: chuq@sun.UUCP (Chuq Von Rospach)
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Oh, I'll be this starts the flames....

>At the risk of sounding Facist....
>
>I was wondering if there were a way I could monitor postings of users at my
>site.

>So I have two questions:
>
>1)	How can I achieve this?

The easiest way to do this is to set up a special site in your sys file with
a flag of 'L' (all local postings).  Since you can send a message to an
arbitary program, simply have this entry send it to mail, and have mail
stick it in your mailbox.  I've done this in the past when I was monitoring
all outgoing messages from a site I ran. 

>2)	Should I do this?

There is no reason why you shouldn't -- you, as admin, are responsible for
what the users post, both to the net and to your management.  It's
impossible to watch all of the groups, so this is a way of making sure your
users (1) aren't posting proprietary or other restricted information, and
(2) aren't being total idiots and ruining the reputation of your site and
the company that sponsors it. It is their responsibility to be professional
on the net.  It is your responsibility to make srue they don't forget
theirs.  Seems pretty clear cut to me, but I expect the free-speechers (who
tend to not understand what they're talkinga bout...) will scream and yell
anyway.

chuq
Chuq Von Rospach	chuq@sun.COM		Delphi: CHUQ

Now, where did my ex-wife put my Fairy Dust?