Hi, I apologise in advance, however originally I sent this email to the Mailman at Kannel ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) but it bounced with error code 550 (relaying).
Original text: -------------- I was just googling my name 'ben minton' as I do periodically to see how and where my personal information is posted on the WWW and I have discovered myself as part of this mailing list, posted in full chronological order on Open Subscriber (www.opensubscriber.com). Open Subscriber is a publically available, archive access application to help those to view information without subscribing to any/some mailing lists, although my thoughts are slightly more cynical. The reason why I subscribed to this list using my real name, geographical location, mobile phone number was, that I was under the impression that postings to this list and it's archives were private, viewable only to list-admin and list-subscribers. This view was based on the fact that this is a moderated list, requires subscription and the online archives are username/password protected. Consequently I am prepared to be 'me', speaking openly and honestly to all those whom subscribe to and interact with this list. However now I find my posts, which I consider for the viewing of the list-admin and list-subscribers only, available for full public viewing on the WWW. If this list is supposed to be private, then can someone in the position to advise, elucidate why this instance of all my post being available in their entirety elsewhere has occurred or if this list is in fact open and unrestricted, why the sign up process does clearly indicate this? In these times of massive personal information indexing, archiving and referencing, I attempt to control how and where my personal information is displayed, hence the periodical searching on the WWW. Although previously over the last few years, I have not been as vigilant, but due to a personal circumstance was required to be much more proactive. In the event that this list is in fact open and unrestricted, and that I should have reasonably expected any/all of my communications to be end up in the public domain on the WWW, I will have no other choice than to unsubscribe. Obviously I can always re-subscribe using a munged, false or representative email address using any one of the various online free, webmail services, however given our topic, Kannel and the types whom subscribe, I would have expected some level of personal information security management. I apologise for this message but this subject is of extreme concern to myself and needs to be clearly and specifically addressed. Regards, Ben. -- B.D. Minton +61 234 144 234 Brisbane, QLD, AU Internet/WAP Geek open source, open standards, open web -------------------------------------
