on the note of not understanding why people took so much offense to the reading of email...

i can relate to that idea very easily, as i have access to lots of email. since there are so many people that use my server for email, i could spy on all sorts of things. but i wouldn't, because that shows a complete and total lack of respect for someone's personal space / property / etc.

just because person A had the ability to read person B's mail, doesn't mean that it was right, or ok.

it would be like me digging through dancer's mail - i *could* but that doesn't mean i *should*

just my half penny.