This is an absolutely perfect example of why you should be careful and thoughtful about what you post to any archived mailing list.
We have discussed the consequences of having the Brin-L archive (or any archived mailing list) searchable in the past, but let me share with you a real life situation where the contents of one of my posts was cut and interpreted by someone on the internet that I don't know. During a test of Google and other search engines, I used my email address as a search term. I ran across a handful of hits from the mccmedia/Brin-L archives, but I also ran across a comment on someone's blog about a post of mine that they found in a search. Apparently, someone wanted to register a domain name that my humble little company had already registered. He mentioned on his blog that someone had already registered it. One of his blog readers looked it up in WHOIS, found my name and email address and did a web search on them. They ran across one of my Brin-L postings about the question of turning Auschwitz into a museum or memorial. They quoted my posting, name, email address and hometown in this persons blog, and now it is out there for anyone to find anytime. Fortunately, my copied post was not entirely out of context, but this person, not having read the entire thread, made some assumptions and comments. This could have very easily been copied and commented on completely out of the intended context. Check out the blog here: http://amish.blogmosis.com/archives/015617.html No harm done this time, but I believe that this is an excellent example of what we have discussed in the past about potential employers doing a search and finding posts or information about you online that may be taken out of context. Additionally, this is a very good example of why registering a domain name and using a proxy company to insure privacy is the way of the future. An example: http://tinyurl.com/2ncwj As some of my domains become active, we have them listed like this for security and privacy. (If anyone is interested in this, don't use this company, email me offlist and I'll point you to much better pricing) Gary _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
