On Wed, 28 Feb 2001, Mikael Hansen wrote:
> At 03:02 -0500 2/28/2001, murr rhame wrote:
>
> >You can keep the subscriber list on an announcement or anonymous
> >posting list fairly safe if you run the list on a machine that
> >you own.
>
> Indeed. But if what a small company decides to move its subscribers
> to, say, a Yahoo-based list without asking the subscribers first?
> They may not feel comfortable with such a move given less local
> control, and isn't there then more reason to worry about leakage?
Assuming reasonable conditions, if the listowner OWNS the machine
that hosts the list, then the list can not be moved without the
assitance of the list admin. The subscribers are at the mercy of
the list admin no matter who does the hosting. This thread was
about list data being compromised by the host site.
- murr -
