Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 19 Oct 2000 16:04:09 -0600 | From | "Jeff V. Merkey" <> | Subject | Re: [ADMIN] some list related topics .. |
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Matti Aarnio wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 19, 2000 at 03:08:46PM -0600, Jeff V. Merkey wrote: > > Matt said someone was diverting email. diverting or intercepting email > > is a crime in the US. > > Perhaps Matt was wrong? > > Or using words which have different sets of meanings for you > (lawyer mind?) vs. me (technical mind). > > Checking my two different Webster Dictionaries, the mainline > meanings for the word seem to match also with ".forward" in > usual UNIX email sense. (I really need to get also a good > British English dictionary to verify PROPER forms of words > and meanings ;) ) > > "intercept" - now that has definitely malicious meaning in it, > but "divert" - not in my mind.
The key word is "with malicious intent" -- you understand I think. It's your call Matt, I think you understand very well.
:-)
Jeff
> > I have noticed that I have to watch myself, or I will start > using terms like "killed the culprit", when less extremely > worded real meaning is "deleted the (likely) culprit's > subscription". > > > :-) > > > > Jeff > > /Matti Aarnio > > PS: Please Jeff, my name is *not* Matt, nor Matthew, although all share > same origins some 3000 years back in Hebrew... Understanding how > that happened requires a review of European history for past 2000 > years, which is not channel topic. > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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