[Mimedefang] action_bounce - forget it!

[Sevo Stille]

Scott Ladewig wrote:

> (2) Whoever, as an owner or employee of an enterprise indicated in
> subsection (1) and without authorization: 1. opens a piece of mail

Where authorization does not neccessarily mean an explicit one by the 
author or recipient -  it is implied whereever such an action is 
required for operational purposes.

Obviously, ISPs may be sued for damages if mail virus scanners discard 
important mail (and even viruses could be important e.g. for a security 
consultant), but going by the snail mail analogies, it is extremely 
unlikely that operating such a scanner would be viewed as criminal by 
any German court.

Sevo

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Sevo Stille
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