FreeLists / va-bird / [va-bird] Re: How does VA-Bird function?

["P R Mocko" <paulbirds19@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bill,

VA-Bird is on www.freelists.org.  There is no charge for the list, and the 
only sponsors are the ads on the freelist.org site.  See the freelists.org 
privacy statement at http://www.freelists.org/privacy.html
I fully support the privacy statement of freelists.

In the VA-Bird archives, all email addresses, even those embedded in posts, 
are masked after the "@" sign.  However, all 650 VA-Bird subscribers receive 
posts with clear email addresses of posters.  Those 650 can forward emails 
to anyone.  Or post them.

When you post to VA-Bird you are putting your email address in the public 
domain.

Personally, I do not use my work email in forums such as VA-Bird.  Hotmail, 
Yahoo and other email services addresses are easy to create and easy to 
abandon.

Paul Mocko
Co-owner, VA-Bird





>From: "BMcGovern" <bmcgovern@xxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: bmcgovern@xxxxxxx
>To: "VA-Bird" <VA-Bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: [va-bird] How does VA-Bird function?
>Date: Sun, 8 Aug 2004 14:05:20 -0400
>
>        I know this list serve has sponsors who pay the bills, but do they 
>get access to our email addresses?    I thought this listserve protected 
>the email addresses of the contributors (those who post to the site), but 
>my son found our postings copied to a commercial site (surfbirds.com)--with 
>many of our mail addresses included.
>   Between Aug 3rd and Aug 8th, I found some 18 of our email addresses (the 
>complete addresses) on surfbirds.com, including:
>     - ict_earth
>     - Phoebetria
>     - Kestrel923
>     - Dendroica
>     - SteveYoung (at least twice)
>     - dwbwmwcw
>     - mboater
>     - CarolHardy
>     - voice
>     - Phil Kenny (at least twice)
>     - twoquinns
>     - dhewitt
>     - leighfern
>     - blkvulture
>
>   Is there some way we can protect ourselves?
>   Bill
>
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