This is the infamous "CERT Monitoring Warning Meme". Essentially, it doesn't mean that your administrators *are* going to monitor you, it just means that you've been warned, so it's not illegal under ECPA to do it if they feel like, because you consented by using the system knowing it was one of the terms for use. Unfortunately, there's no very good way to implement "Authorized users will not be monitored but unauthorized users cracking in will be", which is the real intent of most people putting up the warning - any system which could implement that could have kept the crackers off in the first place.... Bill