[Mimedefang] email wiretap (an additional twist).

[Stephen Smoogen]

On Tue, 2004-03-16 at 13:53, Michael Sofka wrote:
> On Tuesday 16 March 2004 15:09, Royce Williams wrote:
> 

> But, the circumstances of that monitoring are limited to repair,
> system integrity, trouble shooting in course of job, etc.  Unless
> you post a "your actions may be monitored" banner.  However, such

The legality or the need of the banner is still up for grabs. Many
lawyers will say you need them to make sure your ass is covered. Whether
they are admissable in court is currently dependant of what jurisdiction
and whether it can fall under Patriot or other items.

> banners have their downside.  The FBI may show up and say ``let us
> see the files,'' and when you reply ``but that's private,'' they
> can counter with ``no it isn't, your banner says so right there.''
> 

They can also just take the eqt whether you have the banner or not,
while you are spending the next 10 years in court to see if it was legal
or not.

> Mike
> (Also waving a big IANAL(AIDPOOTV) flag.)

Waving his GAL flag.

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