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From: dlow@pollux.svale.hp.com (Danny Low)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Prodigy bashing. was: Re: mail to Prodigy
Message-ID: <3540002@pollux.svale.hp.com>
Date: 20 Apr 91 00:02:40 GMT
References: <1991Apr1.181020.8836@SanDiego.NCR.COM>
Organization: HP Lovecraft Division
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>(Ken McCook) 
>I've seen several articles on the net and in the press on this and similar
>cases.  The sooner email is protected to the level of Snailmail by federal
>law the better, IMHO!  If I was a Pottygy user and my account got terminated
>because some jerk(s) didn't like my postings... well, I'd spend lots of time
>planning evil things to do to them and hope my lawsuit set a new precedent, so
>I'd have enough money from the award to buy a real computer to play with.

Email already has the same protection as US Mail. The problem is the
law enforcement agencies have very few people who know the difference
between a floppy and a hard drive. They would not recognize email
if it was in front of their face. Also some of them seem to be trying
to set legal precedence with email that will allow them to snoop
more easily into email than they can with US mail.

			   Danny Low
    "Question Authority and the Authorities will question You"
	   Valley of Hearts Delight, Silicon Valley
	     HP NPCD   dlow@pollux.svale.hp.com