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In lugnet.admin.nntp, Mike Walsh writes:
> "Mike Faunce" <mike@faunce.com> wrote in message
> news:GABnBu.GK5@lugnet.com...
> I am sure there are quite a few people who only use their work e-mail
> because for one reason or another, they have chosen not to obtain a
> different one. There are still a fair number of people who don't have a
> computer at home and use their work computer (right or wrong) for personal
> business. The folks from TLC may be no different from lots of other people:
> They have access to a computer at work so that is the one they use.
But, they are different than most. Their work life and home life (assuming
they are AFOLs) coincide.
I guess I've been on the other side. In the last two jobs I've had, one of
my employeement conditions was that I not use my work e-mail in non-official
capacity (LUGNET would definitely count as that as well and USENET and many,
many other places on the internet). This is mainly because if I sign a
message/post with "mike@<big-co.com>, like it or not big-co.com is
associated with that message and that DOES play a role in the information
passed by the message.
In a previous job I posted some questions in a mailing list from my work
address. The questions were of a technical nature on the implementation of
a product that the company was having trouble with. I was called on the
carpet because someone somewhere saw the company's domain name in the
message, contacted the company and basically solicited for work. Once it
filtered down to me, upper management weren't too happy. Not because I was
trying to do my job and solve a problem, but because the message made them
look bad in their opinion.
These were all high-tech companies where using the Internet is part and
parcel of the day to day work. It wouldn't surprise me if eventually TLC
had a similar type of restriction (work e-mail addresses are only to be used
in an official capacity) but, as they aren't a cutting edge, high-tech
company it may take a while.
Mike
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Mike Faunce
mike at faunce dot com
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