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

From: Vlad@geekizoid.com
Date: Sun Mar 16 2003 - 19:57:53 EST


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:stuartm@connecttech.com] > Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2003 6:16 PM > To: Mark Mielke; Vlad@geekizoid.com > Cc: 'Pavel Machek'; 'kernel list'; vojtech@suse.cz; lm@bitmover.com > Subject: Re: Never ever send Pavel private mail unless you want him to > publish it. > > > 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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