[elky] Re: Admin: list archives
- From: John Christensen <johncgg@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 06:00:30 -0600
<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>
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> John Christensen
> Saint Charles, IL
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> 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
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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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