In the United States, this used to be covered under the 1986 Electronic Communications Privacy Act. Intercepting e-mail was illegal, but there was a distinction between "communications in transit" and "stored communications." This distinction had bearing on the difficulty of obtaining a search warrant; I don't remember if it had bearing on the penalty as well. I wouldn't be surprised if this has changed due to more recent legislation, however, given recent tendencies of the U.S. Congress. -David On Thu, 21 Sep 2000, Randy Harris wrote:

is it illegal to intercept email.........?

If you don't know could you direct me somewhere that has the answer..?

R.