I've had this happen a couple times in the past few weeks so thought I'd mention it. If you add someone on Facebook who has the “Auto Reply” function on their e-mail program enabled, the “Jason Hammond has added you” message gets sent back and flows right through Facebook to your e-mail in-box thus revealing the original person's e-mail address.
So now I've been unintentionally sent the home and/or work e-mail of two working librarians I don't know very well but added because I'd met them at a conference or whatever.
The solution? Might be a good idea to use a work e-mail address on Facebook if you use the auto reply function or better yet, maybe set-up a Gmail account specifically for Facebook-related communications (jasonhammondfacebook@gmail.com isn't a real address but that would be the idea. Of course, then you have to remember to check it regularly for Facebook-related messages.)
Hmm, what would happen if you set your Gmail to auto-forward to your POP account? Would the rebound flow through Gmail back to the unintended recipient or would it stall there? Somebody try that and let me know! 
Oh, on that note, I mentioned that I would have an article on Facebook in the next issue of Feliciter. I, of course, meant the *next* issue of Feliciter after the one that was wrapped and at the printer and which likely arrived in your mailbox sometime in the last couple days.
This latest issue includes a great article from former Spirit of Librarianship award winner, Sophia Apostol called “Baby Librarians Beware: All-growed-up Grad Speaks Out”. Her anecdote about damaging a company-issued laptop on her first day of work for a vendor will be in the back of my mind as I progress through the early days of my new position. If something goes wrong, “Well, at least I didn't destroy a laptop.” Er, unless something worse happens. Uhm, let's move on…
There's also a good article by Librarians Without Borders founder, Melanie Sellar, about “The Emerging Leadership Landscape” and six new librarians who are leading the way including a couple former classmates who are involved with LWB.
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