On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 2:32 PM, ihope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 3:27 PM, comex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> In CFJ 1695, it was ruled that not allowing partnerships to act >> infringes the right of participation in the fora of the partnership. >> This does not apply in the case of first-class players acting on >> behalf of each other, which is addressed in CFJs 1719 and 1833-5. >> Although some (Goethe) don't like that precedent, it has stood for a >> while. > > I'm not a partnership, of course; I can act in other ways. > >> The situation is not as clear-cut as it looks in the rules, because >> humans don't send e-mail messages. Computers send them. I make up a >> suggested contract and you create it, I'm the author of the message, >> but you're definitely the one who performed it because you sent it. >> This applies even if you just agreed to send to the PF everything that >> I said, and possibly if you make a webform letting me send messages on >> your behalf in a webpage-- but this was ruled possible in CFJ 1719, >> especially considering the pragmatic argument that some official mail >> has always been partially authored and/or sent by computers (i.e. CotC >> notices). >> >> Then again, let's say the list receives a message purported to be sent >> by me, where I say I deregister. This might have bounced through a >> lot of SMTP servers before it got there, but you don't say that the >> SMTP server performed the action. Nor do you say my email client sent >> the message. But what if my "email client" is that you're my >> secretary, who types down what I say and presses send? Then I >> probably still sent the message. What if I'm standing in the room and >> I say "ok, you can send whatever you want as me"? You could argue >> that by CFJ 1685 the non-mindless nature of my secretary at that point >> makes the message really sent by em, but what if I say "you can copy >> that message from B and send it as me"? Even if I haven't read it? > > If I tell my secretary to type something and press send, e will use my > email address and put my name on it; e will have sent it, but I will > have written it and consented to its being sent under my name. The > rules say that the sender is the one who announces, so if I tell my > secretary to type "I register" and press the send button, e will have > registered. But I suppose I, in dictating it to my secretary, sent the > message as well, so really, both of us will have registered, which is > Weird. >
I intend to test the above but, instead of a secretary I will have a friend send a message though my e-mail account, registering emself.
