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Bonnieq9 · 10-17-2007, 04:24 PM

Hi-

I recently joined a company that encouraged me to buy a Smartphone so I could get company emails at all times (I got the q9m from Verizon). When the company tech guy set it up to sync with the server he mentioned how he is set up to remotely fix things on my company laptop and if there was a problem he'd be able to see my desktop, settings etc.

That's good, it's their pc. Once I got into the Q I have enjoyed reading company email and decided to add some personal accounts to the Q. Works great! Now that I have personal email pushing in (with no password req'd), could my employer read everything that is syc'd to the Q??? Do personal email accounts also go through their server? I"ve been warned by coworkers to not send any derogotory or real personal stuff via the company email, because they frequently look at it.

I don't mind them looking at work stuff but it would be pretty scary if they could access the non-work accounts (like aol, gmail etc) email going to the Q9m. What do you think??????????

In case you need to know, I'm using XP.

Thanks,
Very new at this, Bonnieq9

10-17-2007, 04:24 PM	#1 (permalink)
Bonnieq9 Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Can my Employer read Personal email on Q? Hi- I recently joined a company that encouraged me to buy a Smartphone so I could get company emails at all times (I got the q9m from Verizon). When the company tech guy set it up to sync with the server he mentioned how he is set up to remotely fix things on my company laptop and if there was a problem he'd be able to see my desktop, settings etc. That's good, it's their pc. Once I got into the Q I have enjoyed reading company email and decided to add some personal accounts to the Q. Works great! Now that I have personal email pushing in (with no password req'd), could my employer read everything that is syc'd to the Q??? Do personal email accounts also go through their server? I"ve been warned by coworkers to not send any derogotory or real personal stuff via the company email, because they frequently look at it. I don't mind them looking at work stuff but it would be pretty scary if they could access the non-work accounts (like aol, gmail etc) email going to the Q9m. What do you think?????????? In case you need to know, I'm using XP. Thanks, Very new at this, Bonnieq9