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Stan Horwitz <[log in to unmask]>
Wed, 31 Jul 2002 03:07:48 -0400
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On Wed, 31 Jul 2002, Tracey McCartney wrote:
>
> Social engineering, of course, is the best way to solve this problem.
> But until the bad people meekly fall into line or are caught and
> removed from the list, I've been wondering about technological
> solutions to this problem.
>
> So, e-mail geeks - got any ideas?  I'm wondering if headers can be
> tweaked in a way that causes forwarded posts or replies to them to be
> copied to me.  Wouldn't that be cool?

Wouldn't that be cool? Perhaps. Its impossible though. There's nothing to
prevent someone from copying the body of a message from your list and
pasting it into a new email message, or printing a copy of the message and
plastering it in every newspaper in town. The bottom line is simple: DO
NOT SAY IN EMAIL ANYTHING YOU WOULD NOT WANT THE ENTIRE WORLD TO SEE.

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