Privacy -- Re: [Babase] for Karl and Daphne re phone call

Karl O. Pinc babase@www.eco.princeton.edu
Tue, 01 Mar 2005 17:06:50 +0000


On 03/01/2005 10:18:08 AM, Daphne A Onderdonk (donderdo@Princeton.EDU)  
wrote:

> Catherine
> and Jeanne should have my phone number, but just in case it is:

Daphnie,

I don't know it's a good idea to put your phone number on the
mailing list because the list has archives which are publicly
accessable.  It is possible to keep the list from archiving
your message, but you need to add a X-No-Archive: email
header (or "X-Archive: No").  Most email programs are
limited and don't let you add your own headers.

I'd prefer to keep the list public because it's a pain to
have to come up with a password to get to the archives.

It's not as if there's somebody lurking about reading our
archives, but they are there if somebody tries to get to
them and no doubt Homeland Security is running programs
searching the internet for your phone number right now.

Karl <kop@meme.com>
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