Thanks, I knew this group would provide thoughtful discussion on this issue.
Norris p.s. started this week as Sr. Net Admin at Madison Newspapers, Inc (madison.com)... thanks to those who gave advice and support during the 6-month job search This account is a spam hole used for lists. Mail to it may not be read for days or weeks at a time. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Meunier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 26, 2001 6:58 AM Subject: RE: public schools, gov & e-mail > You would want to contact the Public Information Officer or Clerk of the > Court of the Supreme Court there, inquiring about whether there is case > law yet. You may also want to contact the State Law Library and see the > legislation yourself. Until somebody challenges their ability to delete > those emails, and it is sent through the courts until it's done being > challenged, there can be no case law. And then, that would only apply > in Wisconsin. So when you ask, "Does anyone have an opinion..." the > only "opinion" that matters is the one your Supreme Court issues on this > case. > > <disclaimer to keep my job> > I'm not a lawyer, and don't even play one on TV. Please do your own > legal research. My employer would laugh food through their nose at the > suggestion that I knew any law, so there. > </disclaimer> > > Tom Meunier > Network Administrator > State of Texas > Office of Court Administration > (512) 463-0282 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -----Original Message----- > From: Norris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Posted At: Thursday, October 25, 2001 9:49 PM > Posted To: MSExchange Mailing List > Conversation: public schools, gov & e-mail > Subject: OT: public schools, gov & e-mail > > > I'm wondering if anyone here who has experience with public school > systems > or other government bodies would grant an off-the-record opinion. Are > e-mail > messages either received from the public, sent to the public or sent > internally a matter of public record? ... and yes, I realize each > state/locality might have somewhat different laws. > > Here's the deal: The Madison (WI) School Board a few weeks ago voted to > restrict saying the Pledge of Allegiance and singing the words to the > National Anthem in order to comply with a state law... they did wise up > and > reverse the decision a week later. > http://www.jsonline.com/news/state/oct01/pledge14101301a.asp?format=prin > t > http://www.jsonline.com/news/state/oct01/pledgea101501.asp?format=print > > The district received approximately 22,000 e-mails regarding the issue. > A > citizen made a public records request for those e-mails and was told a > week > later a majority of the messages had been deleted. > http://wisconsinstatejournal.com/local/7043.html > > I know the district uses a POP3 system (probably Sendmail), so there is > no > message store or transaction log to recover them from. I imagine 22,000 > text > messages in a .pst would fit on a Zip disk, it could become unwieldy to > manage the inbox if they were not moved into another folder. > > So, does anyone have an opinion about this incident in regards to the > open > records laws? Does Sendmail have logging that could maintain a copy of > every > message that routes through the system? What options are there for > Exchange > systems to continually maintain all messages? Can Exmerge be scripted to > run > a scheduled task to remove or copy old messages? How many days max can > Exchange maintain deleted items (assuming unlimited drive space)? > > Norris Carden > www.rasquel.com > > This account is a spam hole used for lists. Mail to it may not be read > for > days or weeks at a time. > > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
