Outlook email question

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I think someone in my household might be reading my
email. In Outlook 2000, is there a way that someone could
forward my email to another computer and still have it
coming to my inbox too so that I wouldn't notice they
were reading my mail on another computer? If so, how can
I check to see if this is happening? Email me if you want
to with any answers. Thanks in advance.
 
It's possible, but actual forwarding is the hardest to accomplish. Unless
your PST is passworded they could just open Outlook and read mail already
downloaded. That would be the easiest way to do it. They could also download
your mail to their account and leave a copy on the server.

To add a password to your pst, right click on the Outlook Today icon and
choose properties, then Advanced.

You should also change your email account's password to eliminate any
questions that someone is downloading your mail..

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Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours

http://www.poremsky.com - http://www.cdolive.com

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If someone has changed my settings and is forwarding my
mail to another computer too, how can I look and see for
sure that they have done this? What do I look for?
-----Original Message-----
It's possible, but actual forwarding is the hardest to accomplish. Unless
your PST is passworded they could just open Outlook and read mail already
downloaded. That would be the easiest way to do it. They could also download
your mail to their account and leave a copy on the server.

To add a password to your pst, right click on the Outlook Today icon and
choose properties, then Advanced.

You should also change your email account's password to eliminate any
questions that someone is downloading your mail..

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours

http://www.poremsky.com - http://www.cdolive.com

Expert Zone http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone

Search for answers: http://groups.google.com
Most recent posts to the Outlook newsgroups:
http://groups.google.com/groups? as_ugroup=microsoft.public.outlook.*&num=30


Johnnie said:
I think someone in my household might be reading my
email. In Outlook 2000, is there a way that someone could
forward my email to another computer and still have it
coming to my inbox too so that I wouldn't notice they
were reading my mail on another computer? If so, how can
I check to see if this is happening? Email me if you want
to with any answers. Thanks in advance.
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If they changed your settings, you would not be able to get mail.

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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Johnnie <[email protected]> asked:

| If someone has changed my settings and is forwarding my
| mail to another computer too, how can I look and see for
| sure that they have done this? What do I look for?
|
|| -----Original Message-----
|| It's possible, but actual forwarding is the hardest to accomplish.
|| Unless your PST is passworded they could just open Outlook and read
|| mail already downloaded. That would be the easiest way to do it.
|| They could also download your mail to their account and leave a copy
|| on the server.
||
|| To add a password to your pst, right click on the Outlook Today icon
|| and choose properties, then Advanced.
||
|| You should also change your email account's password to eliminate any
|| questions that someone is downloading your mail..
||
|| --
|| Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
|| Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
||
|| http://www.poremsky.com - http://www.cdolive.com
||
|| Expert Zone http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
||
|| Search for answers: http://groups.google.com
|| Most recent posts to the Outlook newsgroups:
|| http://groups.google.com/groups?
|| as_ugroup=microsoft.public.outlook.*&num=30
||
||
|| ||| I think someone in my household might be reading my
||| email. In Outlook 2000, is there a way that someone could
||| forward my email to another computer and still have it
||| coming to my inbox too so that I wouldn't notice they
||| were reading my mail on another computer? If so, how can
||| I check to see if this is happening? Email me if you want
||| to with any answers. Thanks in advance.
|||
||
||
|| .
 
to forward without your knowing they'd need to use VBA or customize forms. I
really doubt they are doing that. It's more work and easier to be caught.

oh, and another way to access mail - if they have access to your hard drive
they can open the PST from any computer.

You want to insure the folder where the PST is stored is not accessible by
anyone but you - difficult if you share a computer using win98 or winme...
you'll need to password the pst if using win98/me.


--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]


Johnnie said:
If someone has changed my settings and is forwarding my
mail to another computer too, how can I look and see for
sure that they have done this? What do I look for?
-----Original Message-----
It's possible, but actual forwarding is the hardest to accomplish. Unless
your PST is passworded they could just open Outlook and read mail already
downloaded. That would be the easiest way to do it. They could also download
your mail to their account and leave a copy on the server.

To add a password to your pst, right click on the Outlook Today icon and
choose properties, then Advanced.

You should also change your email account's password to eliminate any
questions that someone is downloading your mail..

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours

http://www.poremsky.com - http://www.cdolive.com

Expert Zone http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone

Search for answers: http://groups.google.com
Most recent posts to the Outlook newsgroups:
http://groups.google.com/groups? as_ugroup=microsoft.public.outlook.*&num=30


Johnnie said:
I think someone in my household might be reading my
email. In Outlook 2000, is there a way that someone could
forward my email to another computer and still have it
coming to my inbox too so that I wouldn't notice they
were reading my mail on another computer? If so, how can
I check to see if this is happening? Email me if you want
to with any answers. Thanks in advance.
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