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Re: Article on E-mail Privacy/Snooping

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From: Joe Trott
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 16:16
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Please note that in my original somewhat harsh post I _did_ say "unless a
contract states otherwise..."  There are all kinds of contracts, implicit
as well as explicit.  These also include questions of ownership of the
message(s).

I can't see how the reading of someone's email while an account is being
deleted could possibly be considered "inadvertant".  Does this mean that
deleting an account _causes_ its remaining/existing messages to be read?
If so, then 1) This was probably understood when the service was
initiated, and so may be legit, but 2) how can this be "necessary" when
an account is removed?  I find it inconceivable that many people would
subscribe to a supposedly private email service if they *knew* that any
messages [still] in their accounts could be read when the accounts were
removed.

I'm glad we're in agreement that Wang should get his just comeuppance; I
hope we can agree that the employee has something coming too, whether
prosecution for rights violation(s) or discharge for incompetence.

-JTT
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From: joet@dcatlas.dot.gov (Joe Trott)
Subject: Re: Article on E-mail Privacy/Snooping
Message-ID: <1992Sep11.161638.3832@dcatlas.dot.gov>
Keywords: Corporate Computing, September 1992
Organization: U.S Dept. of Transportation
References: <1992Sep9.121142.4840@ms.uky.edu> <1992Sep9.231718.1863@PacBell.COM> <1992Sep10.190922.900@dcatlas.dot.gov> <BuDuGM.EIB@rice.edu>
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