I understand the concerns some of you are expressing, but I would definitely be one of the admins who would NOT like to lose the right-click view mail feature. Like many U.S. businesses, we have a printed all-employee computer policy which states essentially that the computer, its data and all accounts belong to the company and are furnished for company business. If the employee wishes to use any of this technology on a limited basis for his/her personal communication we do not prohibit it, but we express clearly that he/she has no expectation of privacy and anything done on company equipment can and may be monitored by management. Just to make it perfectly clear, our policy ends with this simple, plain-English statement:
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If you don't want us to know about it, don't do it on a company computer!
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This sort of policy has been tested in the courts many times in the U.S. and has been upheld, so long as the policy is clear and provided to all employees.
I also agree with gmsmith--if your managers don't trust you with their information they are either naive or need to hire a new I.T. person, because except for encrypted information, the I.T. manager is going to have access to pretty much anything on the system anyhow.
But I do understand the desire to be able to delegate that power to some, but not all, who have other administrative roles. I would advocate that it be a switchable option, not that it be eliminated.
Cheers,
Dan