Fw: Returned mail: see transcript for details

["Jason Coombs" <jasonc () science org>]

Somebody please tell Research in Motion to add a postmaster account for the infamous T-Mobile wireless data service.


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Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 04:26:26 
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Subject: Returned mail: see transcript for details

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ald2003 () users sourceforge net
    (reason: 550-Postmaster verification failed while checking <jasoncoombs () tmo blackberry net>)

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... while talking to mail.sourceforge.net.:
> > > DATA
<<< 550-Postmaster verification failed while checking <jasoncoombs () tmo blackberry net>
<<< 550-Called:   206.51.26.131
<<< 550-Sent:     RCPT TO:<postmaster () tmo blackberry net>
<<< 550-Response: 550 5.1.1 <postmaster () tmo blackberry net>... User unknown
<<< 550-Several RFCs state that you are required to have a postmaster
<<< 550-mailbox for each mail domain. This host does not accept mail
<<< 550-from domains whose servers reject the postmaster address.
<<< 550 Sender verify failed
550 5.1.1 ald2003 () users sourceforge net... User unknown
<<< 503 valid RCPT command must precede DATA

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> From: "Jason Coombs" <jasonc () science org>
>
> Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 04:24:49 +0000 GMT
>
> Aditya Deshmukh wrote:
> > > You've signed an NDA.
> > >
> > > What do you do?
> >
> > Revel all the info anonymously ?
>
> Revealing all of the confidential information would be unethical.
>
> Confidences must be protected, and secrets must be kept. And not out of fear of civil liability or personal bankruptcy, 
> but because honor and integrity are essential ingredients in a healthy society.
>
> The greater good is always served when individuals are free to decide for themselves, free from duress, what the right 
> thing to do is in their unique situation.
>
> Doing nothing would be immoral, and could place you in the position of being an accomplice to violations of SOX through 
> your inactions.
>
> SOX includes whistleblower protections, and a judge or jury ultimately has the power to affirm or reject the 
> correctness of your actions or inactions in real-world situations.
>
> Taking action may result in civil liability for your mistakes. Taking no action may result in criminal liability and 
> the greater harm to all. Which is the more substantial risk? Which is more likely to be the correct decision? It is 
> easy to see that all good men must assume civil liability in order to prevent criminal acts.
>
> One of the key elements of the answer to the original poster's question is the necessity for the individual to decide 
> which risk is the better risk for them to take according to their own beliefs and circumstances.
>
> We have legislation like SOX for the express reason that our peers and our government wish each of us to take more 
> seriously our role in complex white collar financial crimes.
>
> SOX helps to tip the scales in favor of full disclosure. Its very existence should cause people who are wrestling with 
> the conflict of having civil obligations and liabilities under contract, versus their equally-important ethical and 
> moral obligations to help create the greater good for all, resolve this conflict in favor of taking action rather than 
> taking no action.
>
> Legislators and courts can, and will, provide greater clarification for us on these very questions in the future.
>
> For now, the rule is to do what you believe is right, and get advice from legal counsel but don't forget that they are 
> just making an educated guess about how a jury or a judge will respond, or interpret the law. Your attorney is not you, 
> and it is not their decision to make in the end.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Jason Coombs
> jasonc () science org
>
>
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