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From: jimb@dopey.AMD.COM (Jim Budler)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp
Subject: Re: cancelling mail messages
Message-ID: <227@dopey.AMD.COM>
Date: Sat, 13-Dec-86 00:46:06 EST
Article-I.D.: dopey.227
Posted: Sat Dec 13 00:46:06 1986
Date-Received: Mon, 15-Dec-86 21:47:27 EST
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Reply-To: jimb@amdcad.UUCP (Jim Budler)
Organization: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, Ca.
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In article <8814UH2@PSUVM> UH2@PSUVM.BITNET writes:
>
>Email and P(aper)mail are not, and should not, be the same.  The ability
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I don't think this is, or should be true. If I send a proposal to
people in my company, I want it to be considered. If they want to print it
out to study, let them, but I'd prefer not to have to duplicate my effort by
sending the letter by e-mail for speed, and by P-mail for legitimacy. To get
this feeling of trust in e-mail the users have to feel that no-one is
tinkering with the mail. 
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>to at least try to cancel a message sendt by Email is one of its
>advantages, like not needing an envelope, and having multiple copies
>generated automatically.
>
>An advantage of Pmail is the security provided by the signature, and
>the ability to carry it around with you easily.
>
>Me?  I like the idea of being able to try to cancel a message after
>it's been sent.
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Me? My mailbox file is mine (the disk space is the company's but the contents
are mine), and I don't want anyone reading it but me. To remove a letter
from it some one or some program must read it. I'll accept
cancelling of the outbound mail queue, in the same sense that I accept that
you can walk out to the mailbox in front of your house and remove a letter.
Beyond that should remain forbidden.


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