Time: Mon Aug 18 14:00:57 1997 by primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id OAA15958; Mon, 18 Aug 1997 14:00:22 -0700 (MST) Date: Mon, 18 Aug 1997 17:00:18 -0400 Originator: heritage-l@gate.net From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] To: pmitch@primenet.com Subject: FYI: email and privacy: our voluntary program <snip> > >FYI, following my signature here is the >"boilerplate" we are sending out to people >who appear to be violating others' fundamental >Right to privacy, by displaying recipient lists >in the "Cc:" lines of their broadcasts. Please >feel free to cut-and-paste this boilerplate, >and propagate to your own contacts. This >voluntary program has been a fabulous success >to date. It is nice to get good news, for a >change, yes? :) > >Here is what we do with this boilerplate: > >1. identify in-bound email which displays > recipient addresses in the "Cc:" line; > >2. Use Eudora Pro's "Forward" option to > return the offending message to the sender(s), > with their email addresses in the "Bcc:" > (blind copy) field, NOT in the "Cc:" > (carbon copy) field; > >3. snip away everything following the last > email address in the "Cc:" line of the > offending message; > >4. merge the boilerplate in front of the copied > "Cc:" line and associated recipient addresses; > >5. do NOT copy this Forward to those addresses; > experience has shown that they don't like > to learn about our privacy program in this way; > >6. if Internet users are motivated to investigate > email software which supports the "Blind Copy" > feature, direct them to the Qualcomm website > at URL: > > http://www.qualcomm.com > > This website has a free 30-day trial version of > the Eudora software, for both Windows 3.1 and > Windows 95 versions (MAC too!) The Qualcomm > website is also listed in the registration > materials for the Supreme Law School. > >I hope this helps! > > >/s/ Paul Mitchell >http://www.supremelaw.com > >copy: Supreme Law School > > >[boilerplate now 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. > >[end of boilerplate] ======================================================================== 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. ======================================================================== [This text formatted on-screen in Courier 11, non-proportional spacing.]
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