Tim Stowell on fri 29 may 98
Recently I mistakenly responded to Clayart answering an e-mail message
that I received which was intended for my eyes only. On the day in
question I had not checked my e-mail for several days and found 213
messages waiting for me. I primarily use this address for Clayart. I
assumed that all of the messages received that day were from clayart. I
included quotes from the person which they did not want aired publicly.
I have deeply offended the person who sent me the e-mail and for that I
am truly sorry. I can assure you that in the future I will be more
careful about responding to topics which are brought up on Clayart.
Tim
Tim Stowell Gerard Stowell Pottery
290 River Street
tstwll@juno.com Troy, NY 12180
(518)272-0983 www.trytroy.org/gerard/
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Wendy Rosen on sat 30 may 98
Tim and all,
I didn't see your message... but I'm glad to hear that I'm not the only
dummy on the net... I recently sent a CONFIDENTIAL IN-HOUSE ONLY MESSAGE DO
NOT DISTRIBUTE... to another listserve by accident... I unknowingly
transfered this groups address into my "staff" address book.... OOPS!!!!
Be careful using that little "transfer" feature on Eudora!
We'll all live and most will forgive!
Wendy
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>
>Recently I mistakenly responded to Clayart answering an e-mail message
>that I received which was intended for my eyes only. On the day in
>question I had not checked my e-mail for several days and found 213
>messages waiting for me. I primarily use this address for Clayart. I
>assumed that all of the messages received that day were from clayart. I
>included quotes from the person which they did not want aired publicly.
>
>I have deeply offended the person who sent me the e-mail and for that I
>am truly sorry. I can assure you that in the future I will be more
>careful about responding to topics which are brought up on Clayart.
>
>Tim
>
> Tim Stowell Gerard Stowell Pottery
> 290 River Street
>tstwll@juno.com Troy, NY 12180
>(518)272-0983 www.trytroy.org/gerard/
>
>_____________________________________________________________________
>You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail.
>Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com
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The Rosen Group
Niche & AmericanStyle Magazines
http://americanstyle.com
The Buyers Markets of American Craft
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The Business of Craft
http://www.americancraft.com
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Cheryl L Litman on sat 30 may 98
Tim isn't the only one who has made this mistake - not realizing that an
email was sent offlist and replying onlist. I have an option in Juno not
to view the headers which saves me having to scroll down through a lot of
lines before reaching the message area. Unless I toggle that option, I
have no idea whether a message is on or offlist. Because of this, I make
sure that if I send something off list which I don't want to share
publicly, I say so in the body of the email - got the idea from someone
with whom I correspond frequently offlist.
To whomever Tim S. offended. It's an easy mistake to make - please
forgive him.
Cheryl Litman
Somerset, NJ
email: cheryllitman@juno.com
On Fri, 29 May 1998 12:39:15 EDT Tim Stowell writes:
>----------------------------Original
>message----------------------------
>
>Recently I mistakenly responded to Clayart answering an e-mail message
>that I received which was intended for my eyes only. On the day in
>question I had not checked my e-mail for several days and found 213
>messages waiting for me. I primarily use this address for Clayart. I
>assumed that all of the messages received that day were from clayart.
>I
>included quotes from the person which they did not want aired
>publicly.
>
>I have deeply offended the person who sent me the e-mail and for that
>I
>am truly sorry. I can assure you that in the future I will be more
>careful about responding to topics which are brought up on Clayart.
>
>Tim
>
> Tim Stowell Gerard Stowell Pottery
> 290 River Street
>tstwll@juno.com Troy, NY 12180
>(518)272-0983 www.trytroy.org/gerard/
>
>_____________________________________________________________________
>You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail.
>Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com
>Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]
>
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Joseph Herbert on sun 31 may 98
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There are probably many email horror stories and some of them are true.
The=0Aability of an emailer to make a mistake that is immediately and widely
evident=0Aand at the same time unrecallable is a little like stage acting. I=
have
two=0Athat I am confident in:
A person is working for a computer manufacturer and is assigned to a =
group=0Athat
is working on industry standards so he interfaces with many
competitor=92s=0Aemployees. He wrote an Email to his company superiors that
discussed internal=0Acompany strategy. Sent it to his industry group =
mailing
address. OOPS.=0AGone, unrecallable, not forgotten. Works for the =
government
now.
A person received an internal company email in error from an attorney.
The=0Aerror was from a similarity in names of one person in Alaska and =
another
in=0ANew Jersey, both in the company. The Email was about sensitive =
matters.
The=0Aperson who received the message in error was absent from work when the
message=0Aarrived. One of his co-workers guessed his password, read the =
email,
printed=0Aand posted it. (we might wonder about the motivation of this
individual) The=0Afact that the unwitting recipient had been off work and =
not at
the facility=0Awas all that prevented firing. He got a stern lecture about
password=0Aselection and use.
Email is a wonderful thing. It makes our list possible, but there are
things=0Aabout it that are much different than the paths of communication we=
grew
up=0Awith. It goes fast and is growing fast. It has potential for good and
ill.=0APerhaps the email program should have a dialog box that says, =22You =
are
about=0Ato offend 15 of your friends - Click on OK.=22 Or =22If this is =
sent, your
world=0Aexplodes - Click on OK.=22
I usually leave in all the confirmation steps (Are you sure you want =
to=0A=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F?)
and avoid pre-made lists. Mailing lists are unavoidable in a=0Acorporate =
setting
but if you don=92t make a personal mailing list that you send=0Ayou funny =
comments
to, you can=92t pick the wrong list and send that description=0Aof the =
president=92s
wife=92s nose to the entire company - including him.
Mail with care - click on OK
Joseph Herbert
JJHerb=40aol.com
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