Dear List Manager Folks,
While I do have access to the "$ubscriber list" turned off on all my lists,
I must disagree with this part of MURR's statement:
>is true that concealing the identities of those who post would be
>difficult... at least impractical with most mailing list software
>packages.
I manage health/medical-related mailing lists. PRIVACY is quite important
for people to speak freely about these most intimate details. There are
serious health, insurance and financial risks, not to mention
embarrassment, if individual's reveal facts about themselves.
So, for four years now, I've been welcoming and encouraging ANONYMOUS,
on-topic posts. When I review an anonymous message, I'm merely looking for
SPAM, lapse of rules for that list, or encroachment of non-charter
material. When an anonymous message conforms to the charter and is
on-topic, it is distributed promptly and indexed in the archives.
I find no impracticality in this procedure, and on my most "private" list I
have a link to one anonymous e-mail site
<http://www.anonymizer.com/email/remailer-power.cgi?to=> to ease members
into using anonymity to conceal their identity, even as active, posting
members of the list. The Welcome message asks members to choose a
pseudonym identity and to sign each anonymous message.
Pax,
Ballew Kinnaman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 512/442-8963
Discussion list owner:
Allergy - Arthritis - PCHealth - Rubber - Thyroid
Allergy LISTSERV list ---> http://www.Immune.Com/allergy
