A system and corresponding method are provided for monitoring access of shared material stored in a system storage. The system includes a memory containing machine readable medium storing machine executable code and one or more processors coupled to the memory. The one or more processors are configurable to execute the machine executable code to cause the one or more processors to: receive an instruction to generate a plurality of messages, each message for providing a respective recipient with access to the shared material; for each message, generate a respective link to the shared material, wherein the respective link is unique and associated with the particular message; and monitor access to the shared material by each message recipient via the respective unique link.