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From: oyster@uwmacc.UUCP (Vicious Oyster)
Newsgroups: net.games.frp
Subject: Re: Soliciting opinions?  How the *&^* did my mail get in here?
Message-ID: <1766@uwmacc.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 6-Dec-85 13:41:55 EST
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Posted: Fri Dec  6 13:41:55 1985
Date-Received: Sat, 7-Dec-85 05:57:10 EST
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In article <440@ucdavis.UUCP> ccs007@ucdavis.UUCP (Cionex) writes:
>
>Peter...Now that you've taken the juiciest quotes out of my mail out of
>context, and posted my private correspondence to the net without my permission,
>I figure I might as well get equal time.  
>

   Several people (besides the principles) have made remarks of varying
intensity about the posting of (excerpts from?) mail received, without
getting permission from the sender of the mail.  My question is this:
Is this merely an impolite thing to do, or is there some "legal" basis
for the objections?  I mean, usually when I give something to somebody,
be it a letter or a cookie, I expect the object to no longer be mine.
The person can do with it whatever he/she wants.  Carrying this thought
into the realm of E-mail and the Net, I would think that if one is going
to be embarassed (or whatever) by the posting that will be seen by 3000
strangers, they would be embarassed by the same words seen by a single
stranger, and perhaps should have thought twice before sending the mail
in the first place.

  Now, my opinion on the *subject* of the postings... As long the the
DM (GM, if you prefer) states in advance what rules they will be playing
by (if any), and impartially follows those rules (or lack thereof),
it would be fine with me.  However, the DM in question seems a bit too
strict for my tastes, and I don't think I'd be comfortable with his
games.  So it goes.

 - Joel ({allegra,ihnp4,seismo}!uwvax!uwmacc!oyster)