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From: wcs@ho95b.UUCP (Bill Stewart)
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Subject: Re: Posting Correspondence
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Frank "Jump the Gun" Adrian seems to have done it  again.  Is this
discussion about 
	"Finding Person A's mail to Person B and posting it",
or about
	"Posting your own correspondence with Person A".

Obviously, the first practice is offensive and deserves labels
like "Stalinist"; I don't think any of us but Framk have been
talking about that.  The real issue is whether it's OK to post
your own correspondence with someone.

In my opinion; it's situation-dependent.  Normally, it's courteous
to ask first, but it's not uncommon to post things like "Joe Expert
told me it works like this" without getting the correspondent's
permission first.

In Tim Maroney's case, he had been having a long argument with his
supervision about whether or not they were censoring him;  it was
quite reasonable for him to post this relatively personal
correspondence, and (I assume) there was *no way* he would get
permission if he asked.

		Bill Stewart ihnp4!ho95c!wcs

(P.S. I shouted "Hey, Tim" but he didn't answer.)