http://www.eff.org/legal/?f=ecpa_laymans_view.article.txt
Quote: What about electronic mail, or "e-mail?" E-Mail has been the single biggest area of misinformation about the new law. First, section 2701 does make it a federal offense to read someone else's electronic mail. That would be exceeding your authorization, since "private" e-mail systems do not intend for anyone other than the sender or receiver to see that mail. To me, this means: If a email list is archived by the owner but only subscribers have access (or if the owner does not archive it), then it is a federal offense for anyone to make archives available without subscription. -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
