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Subject: Re: Reading someone else's e-mail
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Date: Wed, 30-Apr-86 15:23:13 EDT
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In article <580@jade.BERKELEY.EDU> mwm@ucbopal.UUCP (Mike (I'll be mellow when I'm dead) Meyer) writes:

>On the other hand, Bandy sending people notices (I got one - it wasn't a
>flame, even thought it wasn't exactly polite) is in keeping with the way the
>net should be run. This is a concept called "peer pressure." You do
>something obnoxious enough, and you'll get such notes in your mailbox. Be
>really obnoxious, and you'll get *LOTS* of them. In the future, you'll
>probably think twice before doing it again; even if the second thought is
>only "good, this'll make that sob mad again."
>
>If you don't like those notes from bandy, quit doing things that he
>considers obnoxious on the net. That applies for me, too - you do something
>I consider obnoxious on the net, and I'll send you a nasty note about it. On
>the other hand, if you want to do those obnoxious things, you'll have to put
>up with notes from people who consider your actions obnoxious.
>
>	Keep our net clean: help police it.
>	<mike

I consider using root privileges to read other peoples' mail pretty high
on the obnoxiousness scale... maybe I better appoint myself to the civilian
review board of the net police and start auto-mailing.  Two of the things
we certainly don't need any more of in this country are mental cleanliness and
police.

charlotte allen