[COMP] Re: Admin: Privacy issues
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- Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 16:55:24 -0800
Go John!
I haven't been on this list long, and haven't had a spam problem due to this
list, but
I appreciate the action just the same!
Thanks!
Jim Sheffer
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In a profound moment of clarity, I understood John Madden as stating:
> Hello,
>
> Spam is an issue I don't take lightly-- it's a disgusting scourge, and
> all cases involving Avenir Web are treated individually and dealt with
> harshly. Privacy is an important issue to me -- no one's email address,
> or any other personal detail for that matter, is EVER given out, for any
> reason, under any circumstances. Subscriber lists are kept private.
>
> I has been brought to my attention that subscribers to COMP have been
> receiving increased amounts of spam over the past few weeks, some of it
> due potentially (and definitely, in one case) to the mailing list
> archives found at http://avenir.dhs.org/archives. The problem is that
> the software that automatically updates the archive every two hours
> doesn't do anything to remove posters' email addresses from the emails
> before it makes webpages out of them.
>
> There are many benefits to having your email address left in the emails,
> such as the ability of outsiders to find your issue through internet
> search engines (or the one specifically for the archives) and contact
> you personally with a solution. Thus, I've done nothing to change the
> archiving methods so far.
>
> However, with the recent increase in Spam, I can see that something has
> to be done. Over the next week or so (probably mostly this weekend,
> when I have more time), I'll be working with the scripts that generate
> the archives to weed out all email addresses before putting posts into
> HTML form. If anyone objects to this action, or has any other ideas on
> how to deal with the situation, please let me know (in fact, discussing
> this on the list is probably a good idea).
>
> I've been using my Avenir Web email account (weez) for almost a year now
> (since Iname went wacky), and I have yet to receive Spam on it. If
> anyone out there is being flooded with spam, I've found that the easiest
> way to get rid of it is to just move to another account. My offer of a
> free, no-quota POP account stands, and as I mentioned, I have a strict
> policy on unsolicited email.
>
> Further, if anyone has been the victim of spam that you feel is somehow
> related to Avenir Web (especially with regards to the online archives),
> please let me know. Forward anything to me personally, including all
> email headers that you can get from it. I'll nuke 'em personally. :)
>
> Thanks for your time,
> John
>
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