While I agree for the most part, this board can be like a high school lunchroom, re: gossip and bs. Get PGP if you are concerned, or just don’t give out the info.
It’s a shame a bunch of “adults” can act like AOL kiddies…
The type of email that I send a person depends on how well I know that person. I agree with most here in that I would not publicly post an email. If the sender wanted the information posted they would have posted it themselves. I would have to know someone very well before sending them anything worthwhile, knowing that person well enough to know they wouldn’t post it publicly.
I’ve learned that if someone says something unkind about me, I must live so that no one will believe it.
Oh man, Veb, now THAT was funny! ROFLMAO!
Bean, historian by day, blackmailer and ex-lover by night
E-mails are like postcards, not like letters. NEVER put anything into an E-mail that you wouldn’t want your boss or your Mom to see, that you wouldn’t want made public.
I get some E-mails at work that curl my hair—I always tell friends that E-mails are easily accessible, and to be careful!
I’m not saying it’s right to make someone’s E’s public, but you have to realize that sending something over a computer system is NOT the same as sealing it in a letter and sending it via the U.S. mail (and as we know, even private letters often find their way into the public forum!).
Well, good. (I think.)
One of the behaviors I acquired (after many years, sad to say) that makes me think maybe I’ve finally “grown up” is the ability to keep a “secret”. (Haven’t used that word for years, I feel like 16 again.)
While sharing e-mail (solicited or not) might not qualify as betraying a secret, I’m glad to see that at least a few of you agree that it’s Not Done.
Although the e-mail from Jill is what prompted the OP, this has been on my mind for some time. I’m on a few one-list groups where something similar has happened, only without the defense/reason (like Sue’s) that it was to clarify a situation or defend a good friend.
As always, everyone’s thoughtful, reasoned responses are appreciated and give me something to think about.
And if anyone wants to share their most private thoughts (and bank account numbers) with me, rest assured, they’ll be considered sacrosanct.