Common courtesy is to ask for permission to publish private e-mails. Here is an interesting discussion about owner ship and copyright of private e-mails: http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum44/1500.htm
It contains the following statements: It is very risky publishing private emails without permission, for e-mails are protected by copyright Emails are like letters...the copy you receive becomes your property, the copyright remains the property of the writer. In the USA, the legal liability is found in Title 17 of the United States Code Chapter 5. Fines per infringement can be as high as $ 150,000.-
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