Seconded. I've been the guy detailed to watch over the shoulders of the "experts" from both sides as they went through one of our systems looking for evidence, and that was for a dispute that we were not even party to. :-( Personally, I would not even consider such a request without -at a minimum- having been so instructed *in writing* by someone at the VP level or above in the organization; and even then, I'd probably take the request and run it by the General Council's Office and get their blessing first. -Chris Eric Johnson wrote: > There are also legal implications to editing or deleting messages. > > Eric Johnson > Listowner, Toller-L > > ---- Original Message ---- > From: [log in to unmask] > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: deletion of messages > Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 09:40:55 -0300 > >> This issue has come up a number of times on the list, and every >> time someone says something like this: >> >>> It's a good idea to avoid this if you possibly can. Once >>> you've broken a policy that archives are just records of what >>> people posted and are not edited, it's easy to get sucked into >>> editing everything. People are _often_ embarrassed by what >>> they said in the heat of the moment, and once they know that >>> (a) it's there for anybody to see and (b) you can change it, >>> well . . . >> Try searching the archives under "edit web posts." This view is >> not universally accepted, but the discussion's out there to be >> seen. >> >> -- Russ -- Christopher Wilson Information Systems Coordinator ISS Enterprise Systems The George Washington University 202-994-3878 [log in to unmask]