On 8 Jun 2000, 22:48, Dennice wrote:
> Is it ethical to repost private email (other end) to a public forum?
>
> I was under the impression that reposting private email was/is against
> USENET rules if not, just plain old courtesy.
Taken from Brian Edmonds' *Mailing List Etiquette FAQ*:
http://www.gweep.bc.ca/~edmonds/usenet/ml-etiquette.html
"You should also not repost private email to the list unless you have
obtained prior consent from the author. Such reposting is at best
considered extremely rude, and in some legal jurisdictions may be a
violation of copyright, or other rights of the original author."
See also, section 2.1.1. of RFC 1855:
http://www.dtcc.edu/cs/rfc1855.html
"If you are forwarding or re-posting a message you've received, do not
change the wording. If the message was a personal message to you and
you are re-posting to a group, you should ask permission first. You may
shorten the message and quote only relevant parts, but be sure you give
proper attribution."
Dennice, this has been a standard since the early years of the
Internet. One simply does_not_forward private mail to a public forum
unless one has received prior permission from the author of such mail.
Alan
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