I wrote:
> >I do not recall receiving any comments about Elle's post being "dross" via
> >lis-link. The only mention I saw was from a PRIVATE e-mail sent to Elle,
> whichshe then appears to have forwarded to lis-link with her reply. Surely
>>thisforwarding of the contents of a private email to a public list is
> >inappropriate/wrong and a qualified librarian should know better than to do
> this?
Elle replied:
> In other Internet groups I belong to it is considered good ettiquette to
> share those sort of comments with the group and cowardly to send that kind
> of offensive statement to someone's private email address.
Elle, that may be the case in other groups, but the mailbase guidelines clearly
say:
1.3 Respect people's privacy
Please do not post private email to the list without the permission of the
author of the message. It violates their copyright, and could expose you to
civil and/or criminal liability. It's also not nice.
Lesha
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University of Exeter
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