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It's been a while since the last Administrivia (April 2002, see http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/iss/2002-q2/0116.html) for a refresher), so now seems like a good time for some adjustments, clarifications, and recommendations. As with previous Administrivia installments, this message is in a mini-FAQ format. - - I noticed my ISSForum posting on a web site. I don't want my name and address posted there, so could you remove the message? The short answer is no. If privacy is a concern, use a disposable address. Many free mailing services are available on the Internet. ISSForum is a moderated publicly-available mailing list, and anyone with an Internet-based email address is welcome to join and submit on-topic messages. This means your approved message travels to thousands of recipients, all of whom have the option of deleting or preserving your message in the myriad forms available on the Internet. Internet Security Systems does not have (nor does not want) the ability to dictate which messages should appear in the public after the moderator approves a message for posting. Because of the maintenance and authentication issues involved with editing a repository of mailing list messages, as well as avoiding corruption to the historical integrity that some repository owners value, most web sites that archive ISSForum will not honor requests to delete specific messages. However, there's no reason why you can't ask repository owners to remove messages, but chances are good that they won't without a court order, and ISS cannot intercede on your behalf. - - Where are the web sites where ISSForum messages are archived? At any given time, there are many transient sites posting individual or collected messages from ISSForum. Some well-known and persistent repositories are: ISS (requires free ISSForum subscription): https://atla-mm1.iss.net/mailman/private/issforum/ Neohapsis: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/iss/ 10East MARC: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=issforum&r=1&w=2 University of Stuttgart CERT: http://cert.uni-stuttgart.de/archive/issforum/ - - Why doesn't ISSForum accept attachments? The short answer is that ISSForum is a text-based mailing list. Text means no attachments or binary data. The choice of text-only isn't an arbitrary choice. Many of our readers and their corporation's mail servers block any message that isn't completely in plain text, potentially limiting the audience and usefulness of the mailing list. In addition, attachments are often large and there's no guarantee that they won't contain known or unknown malicious content. Any message including nontext content will be rejected by the moderator. If you have nontext content that is integral to the message, consider inserting a link to the content in the body of the message. - - I submitted a message a few minutes ago. It didn't appear so I submitted it a few more times for good measure. When will it be distributed to the ISSForum readership? The short answer is "it depends." ISSForum is moderated at least once every business day, and usually three times during the day. ISSForum is lightly moderated, which means the moderator must read and approve every message. The first moderation of the day usually occurs around 0700-1000 US Eastern Time (GMT -05:00). Depending on other priorities, and whether the moderator is away from the office, moderation times and frequencies may vary. After a message is accepted, it's sent by our mail servers to the ISSForum readership in approximately 20-60 minutes. Your time may vary, depending on the number and agility of the mail servers between ISS and your mail client. - - I sent a message to ISSForum, but it wasn't accepted. Why not? It probably wasn't perceived as being on-topic. The list of on-topic subjects is available at: http://www.iss.net/security_center/maillists/#issforum There are several topics and practices that most likely will be rejected at the moderator's discretion: - - Blank or misleading Subject lines. - - Postings soliciting job opportunities or requesting occupations. - - Announcements for web sites, conventions, conferences, meetings, parties, or other events not related to ISS products or services. - - Requests for release dates of future products or product versions. - - Subjects tangentially related or generally oriented to computer security. - - Messages containing on-topic content, but also including spam or other off-topic content. - - Duplicate messages resubmitted because the original message didn't receive any replies. - - "Me too" messages that do not add additional knowledge to a discussion thread. - - Exclusively foreign (non-English) or non-ASCII messages. While non-English is welcome, please use a language translator to provide a side-by-side translation of your message. If you have questions or information for the group, you can always send them to [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have questions or comments for the moderator, I can be reached at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you very much for your time, and for contributing to and reading ISSForum. Andre Frech ISSForum Moderator Internet Security Systems (ISS) 6303 Barfield Road Atlanta, Georgia 30328-4233 Internet Security Systems -- The Power to Protect -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP Personal Privacy 6.5.2 iQEVAwUBPt+WKsw/es0RRruvAQEHgQf/ZeFIHWBJJw3KfibCYegvzLxE1+io5hTM CGYBCpXBlDWEI65o9ny0AJU8kq+8qCGFsMAt15FLRoF3y13wnowcfRy2j5cwpw5Z G/4hUTKJ3hmURNAS5ybV+2QVD3OU+GJWPfjcfC0WICh2BFjK0KIzWejT+STpe4qm zgDTKWuiNWMvo7orAzWFah3pr4f5I9CCXaZfUFbTln9Ej+R/2sAXHkf3mGWF114S L5XPfkSv3WnZvchvTqaumaMES/LZWB/0cL8LWT8C0AYiOhuJDhRn9zZLNJmLiii9 1hGXEuYv4YA3o45V2EGJJLgvYp6s2NfC02K0sUlJMhlxThaLY81mnA== =ggjB -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ ISSForum mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO UNSUBSCRIBE OR CHANGE YOUR SUBSCRIPTION, go to https://atla-mm1.iss.net/mailman/listinfo
