Re: Never ever send Pavel private mail unless you want him to publish it.

Stuart MacDonald (stuartm@connecttech.com)
Sun, 16 Mar 2003 19:16:02 -0500


From: "Mark Mielke" <mark@mark.mielke.cc>
> Also, the last time I
> tried to defend maintaining the privacy of an email, I lost. There are
> simply no rules about any of it. The closest would be copyright law,
> and even then, as long as the email is attributed, it is a hard stance
> to make.

I'm under the impression that postcards do not carry an expectation of
privacy due to their readability during transmission. I'd expect that
email would be found to have the similar lack of expectation were it
to be tested in court.

..Stu

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