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From: otto@fsu1.cc.fsu.edu (John Otto)
Newsgroups: comp.admin.policy
Subject: Re: E-mail privacy and "vacation" messages
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Date: 8 Jun 91 02:25:17 GMT
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In article <0094970A.3B0DBBC0@CCVAX1.NCSU.EDU>, seward@CCVAX1.NCSU.EDU (Bill Seward) writes...
>In article <1991May31.211508.7023@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov>, earle@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov (Greg Earle (Sun Software)) writes:
>>
>>You work for company XYZ.  XYZ has an explicit policy that says that reading
>>another employee's e-mail is considered Gross Misconduct, punishable by

>(And before anybody flames me for this response, bear in mind that as you
>get older and accumulate responsibilites and dependencies, you tend to
>supress your sense of outrage.  Ten years ago I'd have told XYZ to stuff
>their request.  But my family can't live on my wife's take-home.)

Ok, I'll do it.. XYZ  Stuff it!  When they can't find any more serfs 
willing to put up with violations of their individual rights, maybe they'll 
come around, just like all those %^&%*&^  COBOL shops.