On Fri, 2 Apr 1999 22:13:22 +1200 "Shun Cheung" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>#5 is even farther off the mark. Any one of us can go to the Nikon Digest
>server to acquire a complete list of the e-mail address of all the Digest
>precipitants. If you are really that concerned about getting spammed,
>you shouldn't (1) join the Nikon Digest and (2) post to the Digest.
>A web forum, on the other hand, can be read without ever providing your
>e-mail address. Of course, if you post, that is a different situation, but
>you are still no worse off than posting to an e-mail digest.
This need not be so. Some majordomo's allow you to protect the subscriber list,
and access to individual e-mail addresses are available only through the list
administrator. That's certainly an option on the majordomo used at my
university.
