Although I agree with you about people doing best practices and learning the fundamentals of the technology I dont agree with your rather harsh comments. Maybe a statement like "please take time to learn the fundamentals and implement best practices" would have been apropriate. Yes I know that some of the questions you get on the list seem very basic. But what may be basic to you may not be to others. We are all here to learn from each other (Otherwise we wouldnt be on this list). But to side with you a bit there; I also feel that people should take a bit of time to do some research on their own before coming onto the list. The list should be a sort of second level of support. Like you said "If a man is hungry, give him food and he will be hungry again tomorrow. Give him fishing pole and teach him how to fish and he will be satisfied day after day." The same also goes for doing your own research. If you take time to do the research the solution will stick to your head forever. Also taking some MS Exams can be useful. Thanks for your contributions over time John! -----Original Message----- From: John Tolmachoff (Lists) [mailto:johnlist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 10:39 AM To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] RE: Stop Administrator to access others mail b ox http://www.MSExchange.org/ > I want the technical solution. If I know the admin password I can open. > > Is there any other solution, lets if the persons knows the admin password > even than he can not open others mail box. OK, let me see if I understand what you are asking. You want people to be able to use the administrator account, yet you do not want everyone who uses that account to be able to access everything the administrator account has access to. Is that correct? <RANT ON> Fix your security problem correctly, not look for a work around that will create even more problems! You people come on lists like this wanting easy answers to the problems you created in the first place because you do not even know what you are doing. If Exchange had been installed correctly, meaning using best practices, you would not have this problem as you would have been logged in as a specific special user such as exadmin that is only for absolute uncontrolled access to Exchange. The domain/local administrator account would not have had full access to it. You people need to get off your duffs and start learning about the fundamentals and basics before you start working on such complex things such as Exchange. No one has any business touching an Exchange server without basic knowledge of Active Directory, (NT 4.0 Domains,) security accounts, user's permissions, relaying, DNS and so forth. Personally, I am getting sick and tired of seeing posts on this and other lists of questions that if the poster had bothered to learn some basics first, they would have at least a simple understanding of what is needed, and then help in looking and understanding the problem instead of looking for an answer of do this or do that. Like the old saying: If a man is hungry, give him food and he will be hungry again tomorrow. Give him fishing pole and teach him how to fish and he will be satisfied day after day. (My wife says I am terrible at paraphrasing, so forgive me if that is not exactly correct.) <RANT OFF> My blast shields are up, fire away. John Tolmachoff Engineer/Consultant/Owner eServices For You ------------------------------------------------------ List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Exchange Newsletters: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/newsletter.asp Exchange FAQ: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/larticle.asp?type=FAQ ------------------------------------------------------ Other Internet Software Marketing Sites: World of Windows Networking: http://www.windowsnetworking.com Leading Network Software Directory: http://www.serverfiles.com No.1 ISA Server Resource Site: http://www.isaserver.org Windows Security Resource Site: http://www.windowsecurity.com/ Network Security Library: http://www.secinf.net/ Windows 2000/NT Fax Solutions: http://www.ntfaxfaq.com ------------------------------------------------------ You are currently subscribed to this MSEXchange.org Discussion List as: naboths@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe visit http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist