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From: plutchak@pilsner.geo.brown.edu (Joel Plutchak)
Newsgroups: comp.admin.policy
Subject: Re: Harrassment via email
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Date: 31 May 91 19:45:57 GMT
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In article <1547@caslon.cs.arizona.edu> gln@cs.arizona.edu (GaRY NEweLl) writes:
>In article <1803@vtserf.cc.vt.edu>, marchany@vtserf.cc.vt.edu (Randy Marchany) writes:
>> The existence of a policy statement allows a site to protect its user
>> environment from within the site and from outside of the site.
>
> Again, statements such as "Thou shall not annoy anyone" or "we can
>look at any file or piece of email correspondence anytime we feel like
>it" simply step beyond the realm of reasonable policies, in my opinion.
>This may not hold for some govt sites or private organizations, but
>it certainly should at any institution of higher education.
>
   Hmmmmm.... every institution of higher education I've ever attended, worked
for, visited, or even walked by, has been either a government site or a private
organization.  Can you explain what you mean? 
	
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