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Originally Posted by Carol
[snip] Karen came on my thread about Kinsuemei2 Banned and appeared to have no clue as to what happened. [snip] I also didn't agree with Franciejones being banned either. All she did was share an unsolicited email from Bill on the forum and that is no reason to ban either as Bill never got an agreement from her ahead of sending his email not to share it.
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Yes, at that time I had just gotten online and had just read an email from Bill that he wanted Kinsuemei2 banned as he believed he was pretending to be Heather Anderson and a few more details. However that email was sent
privately to all the mods and admins. (Others had not read it yet.) It is a very RARE case of utmost importance where I would share a PRIVATE communication (or the information in it) on a PUBLIC forum without permission from the other party. So what I posted was I would try to get more information - meaning seeing if I could find Bill to see exactly what it was he wanted to share on the public forum. I thought he would share all, as he did, but I did not yet have any permission to say anything on the forum.
Funny Francie Jones should be brought up in the next breath - Francie Jones who thinks it is OK to share private emails on public forums. Our guidelines expressly prohibit the sharing of private messages with others without permission and hopefully the new guidelines will expand that to all forms of private communication, such as email and voice conversations.
In the world of Netiquette - having not agreed to not share is NOT the point.
People actually think it is OK to share private communications in public?
From
http://www.netmanners.com/email-etiq...ails/#more-229
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Ask Before Forwarding E-mails
February 4, 2010 by Judith
Several times each week I get asked for guidance when it comes to forwarding emails written by others. Should you ask the sender if it is O.K. before forwarding to those they may or may not know an e-mail they sent privately to you? A resounding YES!
Common courtesy alone would dictate you don’t forward without the original sender’s knowledge. They may not appreciate the e-mail they wrote to you being sent to those they don’t know. How would you feel if the roles were reversed?
All e-mails are naturally copyright protected by the author upon their creation. So in order to forward a private e-mail to another person, or to post it anywhere online you need to get the writer’s permission to do so first.
Cc’ing doesn’t negate asking for permission. Private e-mails are sent and written to the party for which they were intended; not to be sent to others without obtaining permission first. Cc’ing simply advises you are letting them know after the fact that you are forwarding their e-mail without any courtesy or concern for their feelings.
I have an article on forwarding on my site that you might find helpful that covers the 5 Rules for Forwarding
HTH!
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Here's a few snippets from some short related articles.
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5 Rules for Forwarding
On an aside, also keep in mind that if you are forwarding a private email that was sent to you, you must get the sender’s permission to forward it on to others (or post it publicly). Emails are copyright protected by their authors. Not only that, common courtesy dictates that you should ask the author first if the email sent for your eyes only can be forwarded to strangers or others for which it was not originally intended.
* E-mail Forwarding Tips and Advice
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Forwarding of Private E-mails. You just don’t do this! It is a breach of trust and reflects your complete lack of character and ethics when you forward private and personal e-mails sent to you alone to others without the Sender’s permission. Shame on you!
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* Forwarding Other’s E-mail
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When someone sends you an e-mail, consider it for your eyes only. (And, I have to state this because I will get protests by site visitors if I don’t — this of course does not include threatening or illegal e-mails.) By forwarding private e-mails to others, you are reflecting a lack of character by betraying the trust of the person whose e-mail you are exposing without their permission.
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* E-mail Forwarding Reflects on You!
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If you forward one person’s e-mail to another especially in business to play one against the other is simply unprofessional. If you have questions for one contact based on anothers concerns, type a new e-mail and address those concerns. Don’t forward without the other party’s e-mail without their knowledge with a “See what they say?” tone. This just reflects a lack of respect for either potential partner and your extremely low level of professionalism.
If you forward personal e-mails from one friend to another without the original Sender’s permission in an effort to say “Can you believe this?”, you are a not a friend and should be ashamed of yourself.
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* Stop the E-mail Forwarding!
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