Ben Edelman wrote:
>All that said, I'd be open to comments from the list. If the list consensus
>really is contrary to my instincts -- if people want an "opt out" policy for
>the archive -- I'd certainly consider as much, and the operators of other
>archives might then consider doing the same.
I concur that we are better served on this list by a comprehensive and
accurate archive of comments than ex-post alterations. I feel that the
"opt out" choice is simply not to post at all to this particular list.
It frankly gets too complicated if people don't know what messages will
become part of the public archive and which ones are private one-time-only
use. Once someone writes on this list, that message may be appended to a
thread for quite a while. People who have problems with this should
probably seek a private list, or write privately to selected individuals on
this one.
I don't favor cross-posting, but that occurs, too, and it is impossible for
the list manager to monitor. Ex-post alterations would become list
management from hell, IMHO.
............................................................................
Ellen Rony ____ The Domain Name Handbook
Co-author ^..^ )6 http://www.domainhandbook.com
+1 (415) 435-5010 (oo) -^-- ISBN 0879305150
Tiburon, CA W W [EMAIL PROTECTED]
DOT COM is the Pig Latin of the Information Age
............................................................................
