> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of Horn, John > Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 1:36 PM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: Alpha Mails > > > > From: J. van Baardwijk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > > >Is this significantly different than posting the subscriber > > list to the list? > > > > I doubt that Nick is going to remove himself from > > his list-admin position for this... > > Well, that's certainly not what I was suggesting. I'll bet Nick didn't > really think about it. If I was in the same situation, I > probably wouldn't > have if I was caught up in the excitement of being able to generate these > sorts of statistics. It's pretty cool to be able to do. Just wish there > was some way to do it without posting the email addresses...
I've been getting the names, where available, into the database, so I'll be able to use mostly names in the future. I think it's quite different from posting the entire subscriber list, since the latter would include people who never post, and thus never expose their addresses to spam-collectors. These are the people whose addresses are easily gathered from at least three archives; by definition, they are the most commonly appearing ones, thus the ones that can most easily be gathered. Even more to the point, *anybody* could do what I did using public sources; I did not either use or divulge private information that was entrusted to me as a list manager. And I hope that it is obvious that the spirit in which I offered this was rather obviously different from the incident in which the entire subscriber list was published. But it's quite true that I didn't even stop to think about the fact that I was posting a list of subscriber addresses and how that might appear in light of past events here. For any harm that may have caused, let me apologize. I need to be a bit more circumspect about this kind of thing, considering what business I'm getting into! And for that, I thank you. Nick _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
