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Jerry Feldman gaf at blu.org
Sun Aug 17 14:56:05 EDT 2003


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On Sun, 17 Aug 2003 13:11:10 -0400
Derek Martin <invalid at pizzashack.org> wrote:

> Everyone here knows that, regardless of who owns the computing
> resources, etc., people who are at work receive personal, sometimes
> very private, e-mail at work.  If someone else is reviewing your file
> attachments, potentially serious problems could result.  Such
> attachments could conceivably contain wage information, medical
> information, job offers, confidential business details, etc.  Having
> attachments reviewed by persons other than the intended recipient
> opens up a whole messy can of law-suit worms.
I specifically did not want to open that can of worms. Many companies
maintain that they own the computers and the servers, and they have the
right to review content, and AFAIK the courts have supported this. And,
many companies use filters to automatically reject what they consider
"objectionable content". 


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Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
Boston Linux and Unix user group
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