On 12 Sep 2002 at 9:54, Frederik Gallon wrote:
> > Goesta & group, > > Is changing the content of the body of a mailmessage legal??? > Compare it with your postman opening your post and have 'I did deliver it > -your postman-' written on your paycheck f.i. (hehe i can't help it to > start smiling) > Just curious how things are handled in your country? > > Frederik Gallon ROTFL !! This is a good one ! (both, the joke and the point) I did not yet think of legal aspects anyway. But I start now ... done. 1.) not I will sign the message, but a perl script will. Perl, unlike the postman, can hardly understand the text. 2.) If you think your privacy is violated by a script checking outgoing mail, what about incoming ? Do you use a virus scaner on your mail gateway ? Doesn't it read your mail ? So, technically speaking, any mail message can be read, stored or whatever by the postmaster. But does he ? Having the ability to do something does not mean it is done. Our legal system is based on 'in dubio pro re(i?)' (latin speakers (if any are left ;-)) help me, translated it should mean: in doubt, the defendant is considered not guilty). What I mean by this is: Yes, I could copy outgoing mail to my personal mailbox, violating the privacy of my users, BUT I DON'T. And my script will not check the message itself, but only if it is valid (composed by the user's mail client, sent from the user's host with the user's adress in the 'From:' field etc ...). I do very well understand, this is a delicate topic and should be made perfectly clear to the users before implemented. The ice I walk upon is thin, but if I tell people why I do it, I think they can accept it. Signing a message does not necessarily mean 'reading' it in the way of understanding the semantics in it. I would plead 'not guilty' for both, my script and me ! greetings, Goesta -- This may seem a bit weird, but that's okay, because it is weird. found on line 89 of 'perldoc perl' - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
