George Kirikos ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hello, > > --- Jeremy Kinsey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I read somewhere the list was reset because of fears spam > > harvesters > > > would jump at the chance for a big list of emails/contacts. > > > > > > It wasn't confirmed anywhere, but it kinda makes sense. > > > > That could be possible, but you have the option of not showing your > > email, which is what I did.. I think (from what I read) that there > > was > > a technical problem that caused it however.. At least it is back up, > > and someone had the foresight to back up the petition at 10k. > > Obviously PetitionOnline.com has the mailing list/contacts. Not sure if > they are spammers (I've not received any spam from them, except from > the initial email). They seem honourable, to be running the service for > free. > > I, as petition author, also had access to a *subset* of the emails > --only those who opted to show their emails to the author (the default > was to not show). I'm not a spammer, though. I was very careful, after > I archived the dataset to print out (for the FedEx to ICANN of the > first 10,000 signatures) to redact (remove) the emails from the > printout, and from the final Excel spreadsheet. I even went so far as > to create a separate Excel spreadsheet (brand new), and copy/paste from > the old spreadsheet, because as many of you are aware, sometimes > Microsoft file formats retain data that has apparently been deleted > (i.e. when I deleted the "emails" column).
[snip] Just a note - in no way was I aiming the spam harvesting at you George, as I fully appreciate the work you're doing here. It was more the fact that other, less respectible people, might take the opportunity to harvest the list (from those that did opt-in to submit their email). Glad to hear it was most likely a tech issue and a backup was on file, I was wondering how many people wouldn't know about the reset and thus not register again. Keep it up people! Cheers, Andy
