On Thu, 2005-03-10 at 11:42 +0200, Boris Pavlov wrote: > Shane Chrisp wrote: > > > >especially after the changes to the Privacy act to protect users email. > >It would be the same as making the Post Office copy every single letter > >that they delivered. > > > ok, will not be added. but, not wanting to start but stop a flame, > "evil" it is not a correct assumption. > > at many, if not all, governmental institutions it is required to have > all incoming documents filled and archived some time. it is not about > the privacy. they ARE NOT private by idea. and it is fair, and such > capability is far more protective, protecting the users from false claims.
The patch itself is neutral and has good uses and bad uses beyond its stated intent as a regulatory compliance patch for US financial institutions. I think calling it "tap" was probably a regrettable naming choice, but it changes nothing. But I think more importantly here, it is perhaps being overlooked that qmail already has the means to copy and store every message passing through with the most trivial of changes to the source code. http://www.qmail.org/qmail-manual-html/misc/FAQ.html#8.2. The patch being proposed for the toaster is at least a bit more selective about what it keeps a copy of, allowing its use as something other than a large-scale spying tool. ;) Whether it's appropriate for the toaster or not, is another question altogether. - Ron
