Re: MCI E-mail Snooping

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From: Leonard Erickson
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1992 07:03

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komarimf@craft.camp.clarkson.edu (Mark Komarinski) writes:

>But is it legal to have a sysadmin read user's email? NO!  At least it 
>shouldn't be.  Even though MCI was carrying the mail, they should have
>no right to read user's messages.  Then again, if he didn't want anyone
>to read his messages, he should have deleted them before closing his 
>account.  This may be a very interesting case.

Sorry, but according to the laws, a sysadmin can read *anything* if
it is necessary to keep the system working or to fix a problem.

He shouldn't *snoop*. 

There is a difference.
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Leonard Erickson		      leonard@qiclab.scn.rain.com
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From: leonard@qiclab.scn.rain.com (Leonard Erickson)
Newsgroups: comp.admin.policy,alt.comp.acad-freedom.talk,misc.legal.computing
Subject: Re: MCI E-mail Snooping
Keywords: Corporate Computing, September 1992
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Date: 26 Sep 92 07:03:06 GMT
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