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I'll try again...
Most excellent point. The archives are great for finding things discussed
in the past BUT as kono said, once you say it, it is on the net
forever. Google on anything mentioned here and instantly you have the
answer to your question.
SECURITY:
1) The best I can do for security is all the emil address that go into
the archives are changed to @************ ie:
glenn@***********.
2) iF SOMETHING *REALLY* NEEDS TO BE REMOVED FROM THE ARCHIVES, i CAN
DELETE MESSAGES FROM THE CURRENT MONTH ONLY. After that, those top
secrete plans are forever out there.
3) As a last resort... I can Password the archives. Long time ago we
decided against that but it is still doable... PLEASE NOTE: Once a
password is set for this archive, it cannot be removed! I can change the
password, but at any time, but once I set a password, there will always
be one. Also note that no one will be able to access the archive without
knowing this password, including the list subscribers. (getting an
archive password could be a permium SLAGA benefit) Setting a
password limits the number of people who can get access to the
information sent on the list but it does keep
the archives from internet search engines, and prevents our search
engine from updating itself, meaning y'all won't be able to search
the archive either. You can still read them but not use the search
feature to find all instances of "ihop" that was
mentioned. Freelists.org believes that setting a password DOES NOT
increase subscriber privacy, since ALL email addresses are stripped from
the archives automatically anyway. I have debated the topic with
them a few times as I have always wanted to have all the archives
private. I always loose. The passwords is their next best solution to
close the archives.
At 12:02 AM 12/27/2003, Paul Konopacki wrote:
I would like to remind everyone that all message sent to this newsgroup are kept, in their entirety, in archives on the internet. These archives are constantly being scanned by internet search engines.