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To: bkivak@bellsouth.net
From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar]
Subject: email and privacy: our voluntary program
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At 08:19 PM 8/15/97 -0400, you wrote:
>Paul Andrew Mitchell wrote:
>>
>> Becky,
>>
>> FYI. Be well.
>>
>> /s/ Paul Mitchell
>> http://www.supremelaw.com
>>
>> Gordon,
>>
>> Whenever someone send me email
>> which displays the list of recipients
>> in their "Cc:" line, I "forward" such
>> messages right back to them, with the
>> boilerplate message below. You might
>> pass this message around to your several
>> contacts.
>>
>> We recommend "Forward" instead of "Reply",
>> and use "Blind Copy" instead of "To:",
>> so the recipient gets to see a real
>> example, using their own message(s).
>>
>> You might try an experiment by sending
>> a message with "Cc:" to yourself, then
>> respond back to yourself with the message
>> below, merged in front of the offending
>> message.
>>
>> We think this is a very good voluntary
>> program for improving privacy on the
>> Internet.
>>
>> /s/ Paul Mitchell
>> http://www.supremelaw.com
>>
>> copy: Supreme Law School
>>
>> boilerplate message follows:
>>
>> Dear Friend,
>>
>> With this message, we are launching a voluntary
>> program to improve privacy on the Internet, and
>> reduce the quantity of unwanted email which we
>> all receive. We are staunch advocates of
>> self-government -- the best form of government!
>>
>> We have decided to focus this effort on the
>> frequent use of email lists which are visible
>> to the recipient. In Eudora Pro, this is done
>> by pasting a list of email addresses into the "Cc:"
>> field of a message. See example(s) below.
>>
>> Eudora Pro, like other modern email programs,
>> also has a blind copy feature, which is found
>> in the "Bcc:" field instead. This feature has
>> the result of suppressing the entire list,
>> instead of displaying it to the recipient.
>> We used this feature to send this message to you.
>>
>> Our voluntary effort now is to encourage people
>> like yourself to switch to blind copies, if and
>> when you decide to broadcast any message to
>> a list of recipients.
>>
>> As part of this program, we are also recommending
>> that list server software be modified, so that
>> the sender's email address is NOT displayed in
>> messages which are distributed to everyone on
>> any given email list. This feature of list servers
>> would be the "default," which could be changed
>> by the user, but ONLY by the user.
>>
>> If you have received what you might regard as
>> "unwanted" email from us recently, it is most
>> likely because your email address (and name)
>> were sent to us in a "Cc:" field.
>>
>> Please consider switching to blind copies,
>> and pass this message along to your contacts
>> who are adding your email address to their "Cc:"
>> fields as well.
>>
>> Thanks very much!
>>
>> /s/ Paul Mitchell
>> Counselor at Law
>> http://www.supremelaw.com
>>
>> p.s. Privacy is a fundamental Right.
>> See the Privacy Act for authority.
>>
>> ========================================================================
>> Paul Andrew Mitchell : Counselor at Law, federal witness
>> B.A., Political Science, UCLA; M.S., Public Administration, U.C. Irvine
>>
>> tel: (520) 320-1514: machine; fax: (520) 320-1256: 24-hour/day-night
>> email: [address in tool bar] : using Eudora Pro 3.0.3 on 586 CPU
>> website: http://www.supremelaw.com : visit the Supreme Law Library now
>> ship to: c/o 2509 N. Campbell, #1776 : this is free speech, at its best
>> Tucson, Arizona state : state zone, not the federal zone
>> Postal Zone 85719/tdc : USPS delays first class w/o this
>>
>> As agents of the Most High, we came here to establish justice. We shall
>> not leave, until our mission is accomplished and justice reigns eternal.
>> ========================================================================
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>Thank you for the FYI. I couldn't agree more. Becky
>
>
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Paul Andrew Mitchell : Counselor at Law, federal witness
B.A., Political Science, UCLA; M.S., Public Administration, U.C. Irvine
tel: (520) 320-1514: machine; fax: (520) 320-1256: 24-hour/day-night
email: [address in tool bar] : using Eudora Pro 3.0.3 on 586 CPU
website: http://www.supremelaw.com : visit the Supreme Law Library now
ship to: c/o 2509 N. Campbell, #1776 : this is free speech, at its best
Tucson, Arizona state : state zone, not the federal zone
Postal Zone 85719/tdc : USPS delays first class w/o this
As agents of the Most High, we came here to establish justice. We shall
not leave, until our mission is accomplished and justice reigns eternal.
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