RE: Stop Administrator to access others mail b ox

  • From: Chris Wall <Chris.Wall@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "'[ExchangeList]'" <exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 11:53:30 -0400

 
Changing the password would be in your best interests.  If people know the
administrators password, they can get into anyone's mailbox with ease.  All
they have to do is log in as that admin and add any mailbox they want...
OWA isnt the culprit here.

Chris


> -----Original Message-----
> From: ashu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ashu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 8:28 PM
> To: [ExchangeList]
> Subject: [exchangelist] Stop Administrator to access others mail box
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> I have been trying to see if its possible to remove the administrator 
> from logging into Outlook web access, I am using Ms Exchange 5.5 SP4 
> running on
a
> Windows NT4.0 server SP6a.
> 
> The problem is, some people have access to the administrators 
> password,
now
> that Outlook web access is available, it creates a security hole for 
> those people to gain access to other peoples mailboxes.
> 
> Is there anything else I can do to stop the administrator from 
> accessing this other than changing the administrators password and 
> keeping it more secret?
> 
> Regards
> 
> Ashu
> 
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