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

Unlikely.  Email is more akin to the 'informal letter' of the 19th and 20th
century.  There is an expectation of privacy.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stuart MacDonald [mailto:[e-mail]]
> Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2003 6:16 PM
> To: Mark Mielke; [e-mail]
> Cc: 'Pavel Machek'; 'kernel list'; [e-mail]; [e-mail]
> Subject: Re: Never ever send Pavel private mail unless you want him to
> publish it.
>
>
> From: "Mark Mielke" <[e-mail]>
> >                                                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
>
>