Hello Jerry,

 SH>>> The content of electronic communications over telephone lines
 SH>>> has been used in the United States to convict several sysops,

 MvdV>> Was it done by actually tapping the lines or was it
 MvdV>> done by just reading the echomail?

 JS> Neither, in the sense that you mean. In the cases I've
 JS> heard of, traffic wasn't intercepted - either the drives
 JS> themselves were searched, or there was a willing
 JS> participant in a sting operation.

I see. So Steven has mislead us. The "over telephone lines" part
is completely irrelevant here.

Cheers, Michiel

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