Author: Mogens Larsen
Date: 20:05:59 04/11/00
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On April 11, 2000 at 22:09:06, Robert Hyatt wrote: >It is easy to answer: (a) I was a moderator for an extended period of time. It >was time-consuming to handle the complaints; (b) I handle about 100 emails per >day now, that takes a lot of time; (c) by the time _I_ read the post, you had >already read it and responded to it. I assumed a little bit of knowledge about >email privacy on your part and didn't give it much more thought. I haven't >_ever_ (to my best recollection) asked a moderator to remove _any_ posting here. >They were elected and I choose to let them exercise their authority as they see >fit. Someone complained about the email posting. I responded "a moderator was >asleep at the switch". End of story for me. If you had said I was asleep at >the switch when I read the question about parallel search as a question about >parallel algorithms in general, you would have been right. Just as I was right >in this case... > >There is _no_ case where email is allowable, _except_ when the author gives >direct permission or posts it himself. I disagree with Bertil in that email >from a company is just as subject to international copyright laws as is an >email from an individual, _if_ the email was not directed to some public >facility like mail-to-news or some such thing. It was obvious it was directed >toward the SSDF and not to the general public. Publishing it here violated >copyright law, common courtesy, and usenet nettiquette. Any one of those >should be enough to get it kicked out summarily... > >Perhaps you have learned that posting private email is a no-no. Perhaps you >haven't. In any case, it is still wrong to do, and wrong to allow it to >stand in a public location without permission of the author. As I would assume >that had he wanted it here, he would have posted it here himself. And since >he didn't, he didn't want it public. > >How complicated can that be? I agree with most of what Dr. Hyatt is saying. You just don't publish private e-mails, no matter who you believe sent it. I percieved it as being just that, which is why it should have been removed automatically. There is no shame in being wrong. I would advise the moderator(s) to acknowledge the mistake and move on. Best wishes... Mogens
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