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From: tim@cmu-cs-k.ARPA (Tim Maroney)
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Subject: Re: Posting Correspondence
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Date: Sun, 24-Feb-85 01:39:25 EST
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Ordinarily, posting private correspondence is strictly verboten, unless the
person who sent the message consents.  There are exceptions to any taboo,
though.  If someone has been using the privacy of the correspondence as a
tool to harass or conspire against another person, then the target of
conspiracy or harassment is justified in revealing this by whatever means he
or she deems appropriate, including publically revealing the evidence.  If a
person admits some illegal intent in a private message, the receiver (or
anyone else who comes across it) is justified in revealing this as well.
Such cases are extremely unusual, this being a largely civilized world.

I should mention that these are merely my opinions.  There is no formal
standard accepted by the net at large on this issue.
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Tim Maroney, Carnegie-Mellon University Computation Center
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