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From: phil@amdcad.UUCP (Phil Ngai)
Newsgroups: net.mail
Subject: Re: Reading other peoples' mail
Message-ID: <11553@amdcad.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 1-May-86 21:55:06 EDT
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Posted: Thu May  1 21:55:06 1986
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Reply-To: phil@amdcad.UUCP (Phil Ngai)
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In article <1500@ecsvax.UUCP> bch@ecsvax.UUCP (Byron C. Howes) writes:
>(2) I just took a look at my uucp maps.  There is a very extensively
>commented entry for amdcad written by Phil.  To me, if Phil advertises
>his machine and its connectivity to the net, he is volunteering it
>as a relay site.  He could as easily portray himself as a leaf node
>and thus not have to deal with relaying mail.  It is more than just
>the software that causes relaying...you have to announce you are a node
>which will relay.  

I did that to be a good neighbor. However, I can not guarantee privacy
of mail sent through my site. If my map entry somehow implys that I
do, I'll have to withdraw it.

I don't understand your reaction. It's not as though I or anyone at
this site makes a practice of spying on others' mail. But stuff gets
stuck and has to be cleaned out. I'm not going to let my disk fill
up. And I'm not going to blindly delete data. So there is a chance
your mail will get read. I don't think it's a great thing but it
seems to be the best alternative.

-- 
 If a reactor melts down in Russia will they call it the America syndrome?

 Phil Ngai +1 408 749 5720
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