-=> Quoting Danny Ceppa to Nancy Backus on 01-19-06  14:06 <=-   
      
    NB>> there was real need to monitor something.  So although there was no   
    NB>> real privacy, in actual practice things really were kept private.    
       
    DC>> AFAIK, if it's PVT it's private.     
      
    NB> On a bbs, the sysop can view anything, even that which is marked PVT.    
    NB> Kinda like having a master key to unlock any room in the building...    
    NB> And theoretically, any sysop in the echo path can view any message   
    NB> coming through, although I think none take the effort it would   
    NB> require.     
      
    DC> True. I meant to type  "afaic".     
      
   Oh, ok.  Likewise.   
      
   ttyl        neb   
      
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