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From: yba@arrow.bellcore.com (Mark Levine)
Newsgroups: news.sysadmin
Subject: Re: Privacy of computer files...
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Date: 15 Nov 88 16:02:18 GMT
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[Thanks James]

I received a reply which rings true, that the law I was thinking of is
the Federal Computer Privacy Act of 1986.  The writer suggested it allows
an admin to look at failing mail "as necessary" (but also said he needs to
read it some more).  Still not sure what is says about the larger question
(outside mail) -- I would ask anyone with access to the text of the Act to
post the significant parts.  If I can find our legal department, I intend
to ask them for guidelines.

Eleazor bar Shimon, once and future Carolingian
yba@sabre.bellcore.com