At 08:12 PM 2/25/99 -0500, Vince Sabio is said to have written:
>Since the database was compiled from PAML, et al., Topica's position is
>that the owners *intended* to be listed in those directories, and thus
>would intend to be listed at Topica.
Since this has been demonstrated to be false, (for example, I've shown you
log entries where liszt was harvesting stuff from my site) what do you plan
to do?
>For the rest of
>the list owners, Topica has made the presence of the database known to
>the list-owner community right from Day 1 (last Tuesday), and have
>provied a straightforward mechanism for removing your list from the
>database.
Gak! This is clearly opt out, not opt in. I can't even find all of my
mailing lists on your site to opt out completely!
>Certainly, if you did not ask to have your mailing list included in the
>contributory databases, this will not be a welcome proposition, no matter
>how straightforward it is. But since it is not possible for Topica to
>know, short of clairvoyance, which list owners want to be listed and
>which ones do not, it becomes more sensible to go with the majority,
>inform the list owner community of the existence of the database (Topica
>is not trying to operate in "stealth mode" here), and provide a clear
>and simple mechanism for owners who do not wnt their lists listed to
>remove themselves.
How about not spamming them?
>Aggressive? Yes, perhaps. But then, Topica believes that the service it
>is providing will be a significant benefit to the list-owner community
>overall.
Hey! My product is SO IMPORTANT that it justifies spamming every list
owner in the world, once per list. You just have to send one dollar to
me.....or is it a green card you are selling?
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