Who owns a private letter or e-mail? Can a person publish an e-mail or letter they have received from another?
453133
The receiver owns a private letter or e-mail.  Once they have it they can do whatever they like with it.\n\nThe only exception is if it is sent to you in error and you are obviously not the intended recipient (Eg You are called Rob and the e-mail starts with 'Dear Jill').\n\nThat's why most corporations have disclaimers on the bottom of their e-mails.
816534
sorry to tell ya, but unless you get their password and email, you cant edit other people's pages. \n\nalthough sometimes i wish i could....
811479
In theory without your password, only the recipient(s) can see the message.  However, the message may flow though several E-mail servers, and various media as well, where it may be scanned, read, recorded, and copied without your knowledge or consent.
562418
Sometimes the recipient is over his or her mailbox limit. Sometimes they may have changed addresses. Sometimes you may have had a typo in the address. Sometimes their server may be down temporarily.
46119
not exactly, if the person or agency you are emailing it to agreed to accept an email, it would have to be followed up with an actual hard copy original at some point in most cases. I personally would never accept a scanned copy as it can be greatly altered electronically.
430528
Depends on what program  you are using to read mail, but if you can get to the headers, there should be a Received From section... that will tell you (watch out because one is for the server & one is for their actual computer). Then go to http://www.whois.net & find out who owns that server/IP address.
98289
One that you may be familiar with - is email private?  Not at work (your boss is legally allowed to look at your emails on his business machinery because he is legally responsible for their content).  How 'bout at home?  A court order can allow anyone to look at them (to the extent of the court order).  Are your telephone conversations private?  Is messaging private?  If you work for the phone company and have the knowledge and means to eavesdrop, should you?  Suppose you overheard something to your advantage such as a stock tip?  If you're the engineer, should you leave a 'back-door' into the network for later use?  Basically, don't do something that you wouldn't feel comfortable defending in front of a judge.
108084
no it is not possible. because mail id is unique. that may be choose by somebody means mail will be delivered to wrong person
850718
No - that's what BLIND copy means.\n\nOnly the sender knows who it was sent to. You may be able to trace the sender based on the IP in the mail header, but it's more likely that the mail was sent by a spam zombie.
509782
Is it any different than going through somebody's used mail?  \n\nI think that it is widely considered to be in bad taste at the very least and perhaps immoral to read somebody else's mail whether it is in the trash or not.  \n\nAs for the legality I would assume that it would be the same as looking at printed information on paper and that would depend on your jurisdiction and the circumstances.
327871
no - it is against the rules. You ask your question here to have it answered here, no private emailing or no-one else will benefit. You can have your account terminated for breaking these rules.
56175
You need to be more specific about your question.  There are circumstances where the USPS can legally withhold your mail and there are circumstances where a court can issue a mail withholding order.  Prison officials can withhold mail from inmates under circustances if the content is deemed approproriate or unsafe.
209679
It usually is legal, provided you allow them to unsubscribe if it's an email listserv. Be careful though, as unsolicited email is usually dumped first thing before even reading it. Better to target a certain proven constituency such as Union members, voters in your area of interest, or people who are aware of the issues you wish to address.
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Web based email is NEVER private or "owned" by you.  It's owned by the website that provides the service.  You're only recourse would be a civil suit if they violated some part of the contract with you, and I know of none that assure privacy.  It's just like how work email is owned by the company.  The only way to "own" your email is to run your own email service.  \n\nAlso even if by chance you found a company willing to state in writing that they'll protect your privacy, that will have no bearing on the police using it if the company turns it over.  In this case you could file a civil suit against the company, but since the company "owns" the email they have a legal right to turn it over absent a law stating otherwise.
422345
It depends on the mail service provider. If its a free service, its difficult as you have unmatched the security question. If its a paid mail, you contact the administrator or webmaster who can help you.\n\nCheers\n\nShaba!
392630
yes, its tampering with others mail. and it is considered a federal offense, if it dont belong to you and the person doesnt live there you need to return to sender.
229197
Our IT person has access to view all websites and email accounts accessed by the employees at our company and he submits a report to the president of the company. He can actually read "the content" of email from the COMPANY'S email system, but whether he is able to read the content personal email accounts (hotmail, yahoo.com, sbcglobal.net, etc.) this I do not know. I agree with the previous respondent, don't mix your personal business with work.