Re: Private archives

**Pat Meadows p*@meadows.pair.com**

On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 19:59:16 -0800, you wrote:

>While the ibiblio archives for this list are private and can only be 
>accessed by list members, I forgot the searchable archives  at 
>hort.net.  The question is, are the searchable archives that valuable 
>to the group or not?  Chris Lindsey says it would be hard to make the 
>hort.net archives private, so it may be ncessary to simply pull them if 
>the list is to maintain it's privacy.
>I personally feel that a private, spam-free list is more important than 
>searchability, but let's at least hear what the rest of you think about 
>which you prefer - privacy or convenience.

I think it's a moot point and really unimportant because
nothing sent to an email list is ever really private anyway.

There's no way you as list owner (or anyone else) can
prevent a list member from copying one or more messages and
doing what he/she will with them - sending them to a
newsgroup, putting them on a website:  whatever.  (Yes,
copyright applies but is essentially unenforceable on the
Internet, which is world wide.)

I think it's a good idea for list members to remember this. 

Never write anything you wouldn't want distributed to the
world: e.g., never say you've done something illegal, never
criticize your boss or spouse on an email list, etc.

Cheers,
Pat
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