[elky] Re: Admin: list archives
- From: John Christensen <johncgg@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 06:43:20 -0600
What Photos Mary?
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John Christensen
Saint Charles, IL
On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 5:18 PM, Mary McCarthy <printces@xxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> intreresting. Does that include photos?
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> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Ray Buck <rbuck@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> *To:* elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Sent:* Wednesday, January 20, 2010 1:48 PM
> *Subject:* [elky] Admin: list archives
>
> There's been some concern about the archive for this list's posts. They're
> located here:
> //www.freelists.org/archive/elky
>
> After some research, I found that the archiving cannot be disabled. It's
> there and we're stuck with it.
>
> So. Although the likelihood of anyone obtaining sensitive material by
> searching the archives is pretty slim, you may want to keep in mind the fact
> that everything that's posted here ends up in a public place. I would
> suggest that phone numbers, home addresses and other stuff that might be
> associated with identity theft and/or other misuse be limited to off-list
> communications unless you really don't care about it...like if you're using
> a "throwaway" email address as well as other personal info.
>
> I don't perceive this as a big deal, since the previous list incarnations
> have all had archive listings, but being a little careful can't hurt
> anything.
>
> I need sleep. I'm gonna crash out for a while.
>
> If ya come up with ideas about this, I'd love to hear 'em.
>
> Ray
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> *Can the archive be disabled or protected?*
>
> The archiving of a list can’t be disabled. Please read about our mission
> and purpose and try to understand that your archives are important to the
> community. They aren’t a privacy risk – we obfuscate all email addresses to
> circumvent the SPAMmer-crawling-the-site problem.
>
> If you feel that the information your subscribers post on the list
> shouldn’t be publicly available in the archives, please consider the
> following:
>
> - Email isn’t by itself a secure medium. Should you be using email at
> all for these things?
> - Anonymity can certainly be important, but this has nothing to do with
> archived emails.
> - If you wish to keep information private, perhaps FreeLists isn’t the
> best fit for your group?
>
>
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