On 7/17/2012 5:28 PM, David E. Cann wrote: > Jim, > > I didn't mean to leave the impression this was a government office, because > it wasn't that I know of. In my own personal case it was DOD and we all > knew the security rules and that there is little expectation of privacy, > except on a secure account. The earlier example happened to be a lawyer's > office who asked me to unsub their employee, but that kind of surprised me. > This one today with the lady complaining at being unsubbed was just a > commercial business of some sort, nothing out of the ordinary. > > > David E. Cann > decann@infionline.net David: Most commercial organizations these days have "use policies" regarding IT assets, including bandwidth, which either prohibit or limit personal use. Enforcement is highly variable. The only thing that surprises me about an employer requesting an unsub is that it doesn't happen more often (especially when employees leave). There are any number of legitimate reasons why an individual's e-mail address would stay active after termination. Darrell