SMTP Log Shenanigans - Possible?

[IronMac]

Ok, am really curious as to whether or not the following story holds up in the technical sense:.

You have an IT person and an HR person at a multinational company. The MNC puts up a job notice and the emails start rolling in. The HR manager deletes all emails from a certain nationality. They then bribe the IT person to delete any record of the HR manager receiving those emails.

You suspect that something is going on so you keep a log file disguised as a system file that is sent to another server. You are then able to find out what happened by looking for discrepancies.

So, is the above possible?

[C(-)ris]

Possible. But good luck getting a rogue log copy job past the paranoid system admin. If he is getting paid to cover the tracks he is going to monitor that server like a hawk.

In a lawsuit you are going to need the mail logs from the servers of the people SENDing in the applications that show a successful relay of the message.

[silvarios]

Is this for a story you are writing? It sounds like an awesome set piece for suspense.

[IronMac]

LOL Silvarios. No. Just another saga in Singapore regarding tension between citizens and immigrants.

Thanks C(-)ris for your input.