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From: karl_kleinpaste@charcoal.com
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Subject: [news.misc] Re: Mail security
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Date: 1 Aug 90 16:15:15 GMT
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Richard.Banks@ohiont.fidonet.org writes:
   How do not we know that system administrators on uucp machines are not
   reading our mail as travels to its destination ?

You don't; you trust that the postmasters between Hither and Yon are
worthy of their position.  Pat McGregor/UMich took a survey on
postmaster ethics, asking 130-odd postmasters, and getting 69
responses.  A paper on the subject, "Averting One's Eyes -- Ethical
approaches to Postmastering," is the result.  You can find a copy via
ftp in tut.cis.ohio-state.edu:pub/sendmail/postethics, or via uucp as
osu-cis!~/sendmail/postethics.

--karl