Is Exchange protected from/allow back dated emails?

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Published on 2010-12-06T17:53:51Z Indexed on 2011/01/05 2:55 UTC
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Does Exchange Server adequately protect against backdating items in a mailbox folder? I want to determine from an auditing perspective what level of risk exists/what trust can be put into Exchange database records.

  • Is there a (mis)feature that allows end point users to modify the sent/recieved date fields on their own messages?

  • Is there a reasonable way short of hand editing the files for an Exchange Server admin to make such a change?

And most importantly: Is there any kind of "sequence number" that we could use to audit Exchange records for evidence of date manipulation (ex. msg100 = Dec 15, msg101 = Dec 10, msg102 = Dec 16)

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