Is posting on a site the same as direct emailing a person by there email account ? Wouldn’t you have to contact them direct ?
In order for THEM to classify it as Harassment – Torment etc ?
(as there saying)
Wow ! great responses !
I was talking to Girl A on classmates.com which are postings NOT direct email accounts ! I said some Neg’s on Girl B then Girl A did not like what I was saying and she went back & told Girl B and Girl B runs to the police dept. – there were no threats, no bad language said – just that she had a BJ Shop – I said she didn’t bleed anymore – since she told me she had a hyst. just really dumb non-sense stuff ! now Girl B wants to take this non-sense stuff to court – any idea’s on what U may think will happen on this childish behavior ?
Thank U
This happened a year ago – now going to court ! total waste of money & time for non-sense ! I have not been on the site since ! didn’t know I had tattle tales !
I lost my job over this – thinking of counter-sueing ? plus I had to have my depressant med. doubled over this, financial & mental stress this has put me in ? please help ?
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It is not email harassment…and if it is a site then it is up to the moderators or owner to stop it. Are you harassing this person by irritating them on purpose? If so …then why are you doing it?
Legally Harassment is direct contact…but you can harass someone indirectly too
More than any other Internet application, the growth of e-mail use around the world has dramatically changed the lives of people everywhere, making it possible to communicate rapidly with almost anyone, anywhere. The days when an exchange of handwritten letters could take weeks, or even months have been compressed into minutes and even seconds by the use of e-mail.
As wonderful a communication tool as it is, though, there are some negative aspects to e-mail. Particularly in the last few years with the rise in the availability and popularity of free, (often) anonymous, “on-demand” e-mail accounts through web-based services like Hotmail, Yahoo! and Netscape, there has been a marked increase in incidents involving forgery and harassment via the use of e-mail.
E-mail has been around as long as the Internet itself, more than 30 years, and the underlying programming and protocols were developed in a time when security was much less of a concern than it is today. The mechanics of e-mail are still pretty much the same, though, and the result is that e-mail is very easy to forge, and it doesn’t take a lot of computing expertise to do it. Unless the e-mail message in question has been digitally signed and/or encrypted (such as with PGP, for example), it is very difficult (and often impossible) to completely verify the sender’s identity.
A Few Other Things To Consider:
* Be careful what you say in e-mail. This is good advice not only in cases where harassment is a possible issue, and you might not want to inflame or complicate it by saying something that would aggravate the situation, it’s good advice anytime you’re using e-mail to communicate. Electronic messaging is certainly fast and efficient, but the person at the other end can’t see the “body English” and non-verbal cues you would normally use in conversation to indicate what you really mean. “Smileys” and other “emoticons” help, but be aware that the words on the screen may not be received in exactly the way you intended.
* Don’t send sensitive or confidential information in e-mail. Remember that e-mail is not a secure medium. Yes, it’s “electronic mail”, but rather than being analogous to a letter in a sealed envelope, as most people tend to think of it, it is actually more like a postcard that can be intercepted and read by any number of people between sender and receiver. Especially, never send information such as your Social Security Number, financial account numbers, date of birth, or other personal data that could be used to commit identity theft. If you need to identify yourself to Penn support staff through e-mail, use your PennID (the middle group of 8 digits on your PennCard). This should be all the info they need.
* Don’t jump to conclusions. Remember, e-mail is easily forged, so the person who appears to be the culprit may well be innocent. If the content of a message seems out-of-character, give the sender the benefit of a doubt, and remember that the words on the screen don’t always accurately convey what the sender actually meant. Before firing back, verify the sender’s identity (if possible) and that they didn’t mean it to be humorous or sarcastic.
If you believe you are the subject of harassing e-mail (Note: we do not consider “spam” to be harassment.), then feel free to contact ISC Information Security at or (215) 898-2172 and they will be glad to help you evaluate the situation.It is also a good idea to contact the Postmaster for your mail system (usually ‘postmaster@’)..
If I understand you- your answer is NO, it is not the same.
Email harassment is when you email a person directly.
Posting nasty stuff to an open forum or blog is not harassment, although it feels like it- it’s simply free speech.
Now, that doesn’t mean you can violate the forum or blog rules by using profanity.
I may also be harassment if you post identifying details like a real name, phone numbers, address and email address of the person.
I have a friend who claims I am harassing her if I post to my open forum, anything she does not agree with. It’s paranoia on her part. It’s not all about her.
I also see posts that are cruel and unnecessary, although not harassment.
Most websites and email servers have a harassment detail through customer service. Contact the site in question, submit a sample and ask directly.