[NTLK] Age of List

[Dan]

There is a big difference.  Yes the email it attached to every message sent to the list.  And everyone on the list sees it, BUT it is not shown in the archive.  It is obfuscated.  It makes a big difference in spam one receives.  And thanks for making sure my address is intentionally added to the archive.  :P  If you have ever noticed, I take great care in not having anyones email in the BODY of a message I send to the list for this reason.  Sure it slips in on occasion, but the less it is there the better and I am sure anyone that gets a lot of SPAM will agree with that.  Most email programs now remove the original senders address but leave the name for this same reason.  It is out of respect for others, one apparently you don't consider worthwhile, but many of us do.

Back to original subject of "public" there are different levels.  Yes the address, and perhaps IP is visible to everyone on the list at the time, but it is obfuscated when added to the archive.  

Also why is Facebook in so much hot water right now after user data was leaked without their permission (including phone numbers, IP, and email addresses)?  I mean it was public after all?  Right?  See my point?

-Dan

On 3/28/2018 7:00 PM, Florian Voigt wrote:
> Well, I don’t want to let you down, but you‘re doing it right now. 
> 
>> Am 29.03.2018 um 00:49 schrieb DB :
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>> I know I wouldn't want mine posted for bot harvesters to grab.
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> In my opinion, if such an archive is published, it should be unaltered. It was public back then. Why shouldn‘t it be now?
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> Also... projects like olduse.net certainly wouldn‘t be possible if the UTZOO archives would have been butchers like that.
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> If privacy is your concern, these day show us that not old emails on some Newton mailing list is your problem but Facebook. Or Google. Or any number of services you use. 
> 
> In any case, limiting a potential newtontalk archive isn‘t gonna save you from anything.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Florian
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