Hello Deborah, Monday, March 8, 2004, 10:06:53 AM, you wrote: Deborah> Can I add a reminder that the X-No-Archive header only Deborah> ensures your original post isn't archived? If someone quotes Deborah> you, and they don't use the X-No-Archive header, whatever Deborah> they quote will be archived.
Yes, you are correct in this. But, let's look at the facts. In your messages to the TB lists, you have a sig delimiter which effectively deletes the information below it when someone replies. The only information about you below that line is your first name. You don't even have an e-mail address visible in the plaintext portion of your message. Deborah> I'm also not satisfied with "pretty well spam-safe" Deborah> (especially when it was "zero spam risks" only a few days Deborah> ago) so I won't be posting. Yes, I know that nothing is Deborah> spam-safe - but this is where my line is drawn. Now, as for your information in the headers, yes, your name as it appears in the e-mail (Deborah W) will be visible in the newsgroup. Your e-mail address will be encrypted and overly difficult for spammers to harvest. You've been posting to the TB lists already for a bit. We have made it abundantly clear in the list welcome message that messages are already being archived and are available on the web, and have been for quite a while. The current list archives are pretty secure in that your e-mail address is already removed. Gmane is no different except it's yet another avenue for people to keep up with the lists without subscribing (they can't post, but can read). You've got three heavy duty geeks (the mods) at least who think this is a viable idea with very minimal risk. We don't like spam any more than you all do, and one of our guiding principles since these lists came to life is to provide great lists to foster a community. You guys are our family and we wouldn't do something to our family without thinking out all the angles. *We believe the spam risk through Gmane to be the same or even less than the current list archives already in place.* -- Leif (TB list moderator and fellow end user). Using The Bat! 2.04.4 under Windows 2000 5.0 Build 2195 Service Pack 4 on a Pentium 4 2GHz with 512MB ________________________________________________ Current version is 2.04.7 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
