[TechAssist] Re: Hiding the archives from the public...... **Please Read
- From: Doug Keller <dek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2004 15:24:08 -0400
Good points. And we have also gotten a lot of members that found us
while they were searching for a solution to a problem they had, and then
decided to just join.
Doug Keller
Wis-Kel Electronics
101 Freeland Ave.
Terra Alta, WV
USA 26764
dek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
dek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.tech-assist.org
"Learn from the mistakes of others, because you
won't live long enough to make them all yourself"
Wayne Vanaman wrote:
>Perhaps this should be discussed for a couple of days.
>
>I for one have full contact information in my sig file. I also have a
>website with two email addresses on it, one is for questions, one is for
>website feedback.
>
>This makes my information readily available.
>
>I run a one tech service center, an ASC for Thomson, JVC, and Sony, and have
>an ad in the Yellow pages.
>
>I get more trash calls from the yellow pages than I do from email or
>out-of-area calls/faxes. I do have a receptionist that handles the phone
>calls, and I do hear about the calls from Portland and the Bahamas. Again,
>this is less than the distractions from the locals. I just asked the
>receptionist how many calls we get from New York, etc. She says less than
>one a week, maybe a couple a month.
>
>There is a reason why I would prefer a "closed" list, and that is because of
>discussions/comments about sending service data, uploading data, etc. Most
>of this service data is copywrite protected and it is therefore illegal to
>upload/copy/whatever this information, and to put out to, quit literally,
>the whole world to see is not the smartest thing. That said, I think the
>way to handle that is simply for someone who needs information to ask, and
>that thereafter it be handled in direct contact instead of on the list.
>
>I get more spam/junk email from my ISP email address than I do from any of
>the half a dozen email addresses on my web site, so I don't see address
>harvesting as a problem.
>
>I do get two or three Cash jobs a week from my web site, and many of those
>people have seen email posts. I think of it as low cost advertisement. I
>just try not to say anything on the list that I would object to "others"
>seeing.
>
>Wayne Vanaman
>Omega Electronics
>6904 W Fairfield Dr
>Pensacola, Fl. 32506-3310
>
>Wayne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>WWW.PensacolaTVRepair.Com
>
>850-456-5995 voice
>850-458-6369 fax
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Doug Keller" <dek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 12:51 PM
>Subject: [TechAssist] Hiding the archives from the public...... **Please
>Read
>
>
>
>
>>We HAVE found a way to make the archives inaccessible to the public
>>and/or any search engine. However, once it is password protected there
>>is no going back to the way it is now. Once protected, it is permanently
>>password protected. Also, once it is password protected, even freelists
>>can no longer access it to update the archives. So if the membership
>>decides to password-protect them, what is there when it is protected is
>>all that will ever be there. We want you to vote on this. This is not
>>something to be taken lightly, and the poll will be left up for a couple
>>of weeks to ensure that everyone that wants to vote, can.
>>
>>
>>
>http://www.circuitwork.com/techassist/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=digger;action=display;num=1089307279
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>
>>--
>>Doug Keller
>>Wis-Kel Electronics
>>101 Freeland Ave.
>>Terra Alta, WV
>>USA 26764
>>dek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>dek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>http://www.tech-assist.org
>>"Learn from the mistakes of others, because you
>>won't live long enough to make them all yourself"
>>
>>
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