<g> Yes, you took that bait Frank. LOL On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 11:44 AM, <stillfranksfault@xxxxxxx> wrote: > LOL, LOL, Stop, please stop. LOL > > > Frank > -----Original Message----- > From: John Christensen <johncgg@xxxxxxxxx> > To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Thu, Jan 21, 2010 7:43 am > Subject: [elky] Re: Admin: list archives > > What Photos Mary? > <G> > > --- > John Christensen > Saint Charles, IL > > > > On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 5:18 PM, Mary McCarthy <printces@xxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > >> intreresting. Does that include photos? >> >> >> >> ----- 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 >> >> >> >> >> >> *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? >> >> >