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All system's managers have access to user files on their systems. E-mail is just another file that gets stored in your default storage area on whatever system you work from. Whether or not they look at the e-mail files depends on the system manager. Many monitor e-mail.
Also, mail has the possibility of bouncing. In this, a user receives a message from the postmaster that the mail could not be delivered to its intended destination for whatever reason. Not only do you get your message back when this happens, but the system's manager also receives a copy of the message. The reason for this is to help the system's manager figure out why the e-mail did not go through. Hopefully, that bounced mail is not embarrassing, compromising, or unethical (selling secrets or inappropriate material), because it can be read by the manager or even the FBI. The FBI may setup "monitoring" sites along the entire Internet route. Do not send send anything that you would not mind seeing on the evening news.
The government wants encryption (a program that scrambles your e-mail and then unscrambles it with a key) outlawed, and they want the Internet community (in the U.S.) to only use Clipper, their one devised encryption package. Government officials say that they are protecting the best interests of the country and securing it from possible terrorist threats or highly illegal activity. The Internet Community, of course, says *NO WAY*, and that they want their privacy. They do not want a 'Big Brother is Watching You" Internet. More and more encryption packages are popping up because people are realizing that what they send to others is not secure.
There are several Listservs that discuss these issues and there is a Usenet group called alt.privacy.
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on March 5th, 2001.
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