MSM. was Re: TMI

[Alison Murie]

On Oct 25, 2009, at 2:04 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:

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> FWIW, Wilson used "TMI" in an e-mail to a personal friend back in '06.
> Later, he used this in an e-mail to Gerald "G" Cohen, wherein he did
> not explain the term, assuming that G was already totally familiar
> with it. Even back in '06, "TMI" wasn't new, being already so old that
> Wilson has no memory of when he first encountered "TMI" used as cited
> by Jon.
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> According to both The Judges and cop shows, a copy of an e-mail is
> considered proof. He'd have posted the '06 e-mail, but for the fact
> that it's in dire need of redaction, given that it contains TMI.
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> -Wilson
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If I were in the jury with a judge who allowed *copies* of e-mails as
evidence, I'd want to know what mail program was involved in making &
preserving that copy.  The dear old Eudora (3.1?) that I used to have
(& regret the loss of) allowed the user to edit incoming posts.
AM

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