Ah but he doesn't say that there is no-one with read-only access to his account. Makes sense or else nothing could be done if he had a sick day.
I'm not aware of any forum software supporting such a feature.
You can give someone the password to your account and have them read your PM's in your absense. If you can trust that person there's no need for a technical measure.
What's the point of reading pm's + emails if you can't act.
He says very clearly he "contacts shareholders himself". So any email you get from friedcat saying shares have been transferred has come from friedcat himself.
You can't get any clearer. He does it himself.
His partners contact the shareholders from their own accounts as FC states. If he is unable to access his PM's for whatever reason they would need to be aware of any requests made to him so they'd need to be able to read his PM's.
If you take sick leave or go on vacation you probably have your work e-mails forwarded to a colleague. You can't let customers and suppliers wait until you have returned. My guess is that the same happens with FC's PM's.