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Re:Gail, not Gmail by paulcole on Wednesday March 08, 2017 @09:29AM (#13820423)
Ignorance of the law isn't an excuse.
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Re:Gail, not Gmail by tokenizerrr on Wednesday March 08, 2017 @09:43AM (#13820523)
Right... And your point is? What law would this break? Or are you ignorant of that as well? If so, why even bother replying?
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Re:Gail, not Gmail by Cpoll on Wednesday March 08, 2017 @02:25PM (#13822884)
I think he means that "why would you?" is not good legal advice.

I mean, I agree with you in principle, but I can imagine some backwater judge deciding that Alice Techie was violating the privacy of Bob D. Luddite by accepting emails addressed to [email protected].

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Re:Gail, not Gmail by tokenizerrr on Wednesday March 08, 2017 @02:44PM (#13823074)
> I think he means that "why would you?" is not good legal advice.

It is when it is literally common practice. Similar to if someone were to ask if they'd get in legal trouble for breathing. Why would you?

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