E-mail, trust

[azurelunatic]

Figment's been avoiding cleaning out his inbox. As near as I can tell, he hasn't touched it since at least March. I worry about the man, because ... well ... yeah.

So he told me that if I was worrying so much, I should go check it for him. And he gave me the password.

So I'm cleaning out his inbox, cleaning up the known spam so he can look through the other messages and see if any of them are anything he needs.

And it strikes me how big an act of trust this is. I can't believe I'm actually cleaning up someone else's e-mail account for them. I'm having a really hard time with the idea, even as I'm doing it.

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[pyrogenic.livejournal.com]

Remember that question from the main OKCupid personality test? Now you know the answer for real.

[azurelunatic]

I don't happen to recall the question offhand, sorry. ... I went through the test again, and evidently I've changed significantly, or else gotten less optimistic about myself, in the interim.

[pyrogenic.livejournal.com]

Hm, maybe it was just one of the normal questions ... something about "would you read your S.O.'s email" under various conditions...

[azurelunatic]

And I suppose "he asked me to and he gave me the password" is one of the best conditions to read it under...