At 02:47 PM 12/7/99 -0500, you wrote: > >I sent a private message to a list member saying that I found the use of a >word inflamatory. The listmember sent the original post to the list and >apologized. I then sent a second warning that my personal mail was >copyrighted and my copyright had been violated. The listmember resonded >that since it was an official message from the List Admininstrator it was >not a copyright violation. > >I have now instituted a rule that no private email may be forwarded >without the express written permission of the copyright holder -- > >Any comments? I think you were on firm legal ground and your list member (or more likely, former list member) was not. However... it also seems to me to be a pointless escalation of the problem, probably more on your part than the list member's. Glenn