> Rick Pali wrote:
>
> The idea comes from the simple fact that there are two types of mail.
> List/newsgroups and email. If I wanted to send you something that wasn't
> confidential, I'd just respond to your list post.
>
> If I send you something via email, yours will be the only name in the 'To'
> field for good reason. If you want to forward an email to someone else or
> post it publicly, it's common courtesy to ask permission first.
>
There are reasons other than privacy for sending direct emails. For
instance, on this list, people are often told to keep an off-topic thread
(like this one :-( ) to themselves. I thought that if something in one of
these emails turned out to be of more general interest, there could be no
objection to broadcasting it. If someone emailed me about their bizarre
sexual activities (I wish), or extensive cocaine smuggling operations, I
would realise that they expected privacy, and to me it seems that the
default should be "not private unless obvious from context".
simon
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