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.
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