Netiquette Issues

[Henry Musikar]

Messages to the list aren't private. Private is directly to 
individuals, IMHO.

On  3 May 97 at 12:21, davemarc <davemarc at panix.com> wrote:

> Someone wrote:
> 
> > I herewith warn everyone on pynchon-l that
> > anything irritating you say to me privately may be published to the list
> or
> > in People Magazine. 
> 
> > What is the first rule of Netiquette? Can anyone recall it? "Don't e-mail
> or
> > save anything you wouldn't want to see on the Evening News"?
> 
> Don't know if it's the first, second, third, or whatever rule, but
> one key principle of Netiquette is that "private email stays
> private" unless permission is specifically granted.  If one wants to
> "warn" people that private mail may be made public, it's best that a
> note to that effect appear on one's sig *at all times*.  
> 
> BTW, even though it may be difficult for Someone to research the
> history of email publishing, total authorial control, and terms like
> "Anglo-Saxon" without the unpaid and voluntary assistance of
> P-listers, it's childishly simple to look up Netiquette on the
> Internet.  All one needs to do is take a break from churning out
> email, conduct a Web Search, and click away.
> 
> davemarc
> 

AsB4,
Henry Musikar

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