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[Benjamin Scott]

On Thu, 27 Jan 2005, at 3:21pm, clark_k at pannaway.com wrote:
>> As I recall, someone "outside" of GNHLUG wrote and complained that their
>> info (not just an email, IIRC) appeared in a message in the archives.
> 
> That's the first I've heard of this.

  I don't think it was discussed.  I know myself and Bruce Dawson talked it
over.  At the time, nobody had the time to do anything about it, and it was
a quick-and-dirty fix.  In all likelihood, we could flip the switch back to
"public" again without anyone noticing.

>>   Again, if this really bothers anyone, I suggest they step forward and
>> *do* something about it.
> 
> Yeah, like write a script to strip out email addresses.  Of course, I
> wrote this when I was led to believe that this would solve the actual
> problem.

  Alas, no.

  If you have your own server, you could put up your own archives with your
own Perl script, and likely many would thank you.  I would.

> Correct me if I am wrong: If somebody were to step forward and put
> together a complete/public archive of this mailing list then this
> "outside" person would probably contact the new archive maintainer with
> unspecified threats?

  Actually, I suspect the outside person has long since forgotten about the
whole thing and wouldn't notice.  My memory of the event isn't terribly
clear.

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Ben Scott <bscott at ntisys.com>
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