Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 16:59:26 -0400
Reply-To: Richard Golen <rgolen@UMASSD.EDU>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Richard Golen <rgolen@UMASSD.EDU>
Subject: Re: Why the Delete Key is not enough!! PLEASE READ
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John,
I have to comment on your obvious insensitivity or naivete regarding your
comment:
>Its ridiculous to even consider a boss's attitude toward email when it
>comes to running this list.
It has nothing to do with one's supervisor or one's manager...it has to do
with a well established legal principal that there is no email privacy when
your email goes through an employer's email system. There are court cases
which have upheld an employer's right to terminate an employee as a result
of misuse or abuse of company email.
Perhaps you are independently wealthy and don't have to worry about your
job...or perhaps you don't use an email system at work. It is obvious that
you do not have any idea as to what the true issues are, especially when
you make your other comment:
>Maybe don't read the list when you are at work???
I read the list at work and at home. Perhaps you need a little lesson in
how email works. Someone posts something to the vanagon list. The vanagon
list then broadcasts this post to members of the list.
Some of these folks use an ISP (Internet Service Provider) and then
download their mail to their own PCs. Folks who use an ISP have a guarantee
of privacy, its in the ISP contract.
But some of us use employer-based email. In that case the vanagon list post
goes to the employer's mail server or central system.That post sits on the
central system or mail server until its is downloaded to the member's PC.
However while the mail resides on the mail server it is subject to scrutiny
by the employer, and in some instances if back up copies are made of the
server or central system, copies of that email are stored in a more
permanent fashion.
Am I a bit irritated by this? Do I have an "attitude"? You betcha! I've
had the same email address for over 15 years, its a part of me, and I don't
want to switch to my ISP to use their email address.
Second, I've been on this list for almost 10 years ago. Perhaps I am a bit
nostalgic...but back then almost everyone on the list had email addresses
that ended up with .edu; .org; .gov; and a few .com's to boot....bottom
line not only were we vanagon owners, but we were techies...we were well
versed in the fine art of computing and the infant world of email and
internet. Issues like spam were taken seriously back then...but ahhh I
digress.....
Oh well...
Ric
