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Originally Posted by snazzy1

1) Are actual transcripts of my Yahoo Messenger chats routinely logged by my corporate BES admin?

No.

Originally Posted by snazzy1

2) Or can they just be "monitored" (perhaps viewed live??) if they happen to see a chat going on and/or see statistics for overall usage without actual text transcripts?

No.

Originally Posted by snazzy1

3) If transcripts of the Yahoo IM sessions are logged, how troublesome is it for a small company to do that (e.g. would my BES admin IT person even bother or does it require them to install 3rd party sotware?)

They aren't logged.

Originally Posted by snazzy1

Some BES ITs are saying that you can/do actually log transcripts of EVERYTHING including IM chats within 3rd party apps like Yahoo IM (Messenger),

They're wrong.

Originally Posted by snazzy1

while others say you can only "monitor" use--as in "I know you're accessing Yahoo Messenger and when, but I don't know what you're actually saying."

They're also wrong.

Originally Posted by snazzy1

Anyone willing to give up the real story?

See above.

Originally Posted by snazzy1

Do you see stored logs of Yahoo Messenger IM transcripts or not?

Not.