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Are there not legal ramifications for automatically sharing what is presumed to be private correspondence?

For example a politician might well reply with information that is not intended for general circulation (private information etc).

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Yes there is. Public disclosure of private facts but only if it's not in the public interest AND it needs to be offensive. But realistically this is the United States and you're going to have a hell of a time convincing a judge to go for it. US libel and privacy law is very weak.

This isn't anywhere. I am in the UK and the internet is international.

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