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From: tneff@bfmny0.UUCP (Tom Neff)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Re: Posting of e-mail by the mail recipient
Summary: just say no
Message-ID: <14570@bfmny0.UUCP>
Date: 20 Aug 89 23:41:17 GMT
References: <1989Aug20.191224.10946@agate.berkeley.edu>
Reply-To: tneff@bfmny0.UU.NET (Tom Neff)
Organization: Aunt Minerva's Holistic Chinchilla Ranch and Bingo Emporium
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There will be plenty of followups to that one I suppose.  Still --

"Rebroadcasting" private netmail in public articles without the
author's permission is considered maximally rude, especially in
the context of a gripe or flame war, but to some extent even in
"innocent" circumstances.

Something like the Net cannot exist without respect for the Golden
Rule, which applies in spades to this situation.  When it comes
time for YOU to mail something you would prefer be kept private,
how would you like to see it posted far and wide four days later?

In general mail blabbers find themselves ostracized.  Get permission
first, even for friendly reposts.
-- 
"We walked on the moon --	((	Tom Neff
	you be polite"		 )) 	tneff@bfmny0.UU.NET