"John D. Mitchell" wrote:
>
> >>>>> "Kent" == Kent Nilsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> [...bounces include full-text of original message...]
> > I can of course just be quiet about it and delete the mail as soon as I
> > see it's not for my eyes, but it's still not fair to my users as I can
> > potentially read private mail, and it's probably breaking some privacy
> > law?
>
> Why on earth would you (or anyone :-) believe that email is private unless
> you explicitly make it so (by e.g., encrypting it)?
Because it is supposed to be unless someone makes it public. And making
it public is against the law at least in Europe. For example last month
the supreme court of Switzerland has decided that emails are covered by
the same secrecy of letters as traditional snail-mail letters. So the
police has to obtain a court order to intercept, make copies and look
at your emails. The same goes for the EU but it's not tested with an
supreme court decision anywhere else AFAIK.
--
Andre
