using linux to received mail (pop3) is greatly cool. howver, it happens that your mail can be read by the system adminitrator (root priveldges) in /var/spool/mail. monitoring mail (personal stuff) is still illegal as long as there is permission to the recepient. but still, my point here that linux system administrator loves to read your mail without noticing it. still they can do some editting to make your day miserable. i done that!