[kwlug-disc] Should kwlug-disc archives be private?

Steve Izma sizma at golden.net
Mon Nov 26 22:09:49 EST 2018


On Mon, Nov 26, 2018 at 03:44:20AM -0800, Doug Moen wrote:
> Subject: Re: [kwlug-disc] Should kwlug-disc archives be private?
> 
> I don't personally require the archives to be private.
> 
> I no longer worry about keeping my email address private (with
> respect to spam). Nowadays, if I share my email address with a
> friend who doesn't use proper I.T. procedures, they are likely
> to have their contact information harvested, and now my email
> address is in a spam database. This has happened multiple
> times. So now I don't worry about this, and I use a commercial
> service to filter the spam out of my email.
> 
> And I don't share anything on the list that I wouldn't want to
> be seen publicly. I assume that all information that I place on
> the internet is public knowledge. Because security is hard.
> 
> I have a preference for public archives, but I would not want
> that preference to create a barrier to other people
> participating in our community.

My own situation and opinions on the matter are very similar to
the above.

	-- Steve

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