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< http://mysql.com/company/privacy.html > -- Alan W. Rateliff, II : YourVillage.com Assistant Systems Administrator : 2700 Apalachee Pkwy < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > : Tallahassee, FL 32301 ----------------------------------------(850) 942-7021------- < [EMAIL PROTECTED] >< http://support.yourvillage.com > On Mon, 22 Oct 2001, Robert Alexander wrote: > Hi all, > > I just found out, while looking for other things, that what seems to be the entire >content of the MySQL list is being published on the web. > > I, for one, really don't like this idea. I have a reasonable expectation that what I >post here is for viewing by subscribers to this list, the MySQL community, not the >whole world. > > I realize that a mailing list is not *real* private -- anyone can subscribe, after >all -- but I sure don't like discovering, for example, my personal email addresses on >web pages that are available to spambots. > > The site in question is http://dbforums.com. Try, for example, >http://dbforums.com/t147187.html > > I certainly haven't consented to my personal speech and writing being used as a >commercial operation's "content." I don't consider publishing my writing on a public >web page without my knowledge or consent to be fair use. > > I'm not talking about a searchable mailing list archive; that is certainly >reasonable fair use. A searchable archive creates pages on demand for the person >requesting them, and doesn't leave them on the web to be found by search engines and >'bots. > > Dear MySQL folks, > Have you given permission to dbforums.com to publish the content of this list? --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
