Michelle Weber on Fri, 11 Aug 2000 10:04:31 -0400 (EDT)


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Re: [PLUG] Arvhices


Couldn't we just take out the email addresses in the archive?
or at least mask them with a NOSPAM or something?

-- 
Michelle Weber
umweber@mcs.drexel.edu


On Fri, 11 Aug 2000, Jon Nelson wrote:

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> I have found that being able to search lists extremely beneficial.  I think 
> the good out weighs the bad
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> At 08:37 AM 8/11/00 -0400, you wrote:
> >On Fri, 11 Aug 2000, Kevin Brosius wrote:
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> > >I haven't received that particular spam, but I think the problem is our
> > >public archives.  I recently ran a net search (don't recall where, but
> > >one of the public engines, probably Netscape's) and got a bunch of hits
> > >for email lists I'm on.  It looks like the search engines are indexing
> > >the mail archives available from our web page...  (Which means all the
> > >email addresses are publicly retrievable.)
> >
> >Not sure about other people, but I have very frequently found it helpful
> >to be able to search other user group's mailing lists.  I see the downside
> >to the public archives, but think that they help more than they hurt.
> >Anyone else have any commentary on the subject?
> >
> >
> >___________________________________________________________
> >Steve Creel                           Nothin But Net, LLC.
> >                                       screel@nothinbut.net
> >
> >"Always do right.  This will gratify some people and
> >astonish the rest."
> >                 -- Mark Twain
> >
> >
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> >
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> Trooper Jon S. NELSON
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> Computer Crimes Unit
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