At 1:59 +0300 6/15/2000, Vadim Vygonets wrote:
>Quoth Phil Chambers on Tue, Jun 13, 2000:
>> 1) Corporate MTA: I am sure that anywhere in the world would allow a
>>corporate
>> body to do what it likes with e-mail sent by its own employee's before it
>> leaves their own MTA.
>
>Yes. Suppose I send mail to president@??? telling him
>something about the problems of employment of janitors in the
>State of Texas. Suppose the company changes the body to some
>nice treat from some well-known terrorist. Suppose FBI shows at
>my door. Suppose I don't feel comfortable about it.
To avoid that, you need to have never used email and be able to prove it.
Impossible, of course.
To be effective, a whistle-blower at a company he has noticed tampering
with his email (and it's hard to be a whistle-blower in one's first day or
two at work) really shouldn't use company email as part of the
whistle-blowing.
Since one can't be sure even not having noticed, a whistle-blower shouldn't
use company mail at all.
I think you're reaching a bit.
Note please the following: I'm not advocating adding disclaimers, etc.
And I would most likely not take part. Nor was I claiming it was either
proper or legal...I was claiming it *MIGHT* be legal in the face of claims
that it clearly wasn't, at least some places.
--John (enough said)