Re: OT-CHAT: All messages appear in other discussion groups
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- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] OT-CHAT: All messages appear in other discussion groups
- From: M* D* G*
- Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2000 11:29:40 -0700
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> From: Loberg <loberg@jps.net>
> To: iris-talk@egroups.com
> Subject: [iris-talk] OT-CHAT: All messages appear in other discussion
groups
> Date: Saturday, September 16, 2000 7:03 AM
>
>
> While you 'all are enjoying the rebloom... here is an observation.
> You all know how public the internet is. Any message posted to
<iris-talk> is very public and can be found published on other servers and
requires no subscription to find and view them. For example, go to
www.egroups.com/messages/iris-talk. You'll see everyone's recent
<iris-talk> messages, and can browse forward and back or select by number
to find everything previously posted to <iris-talk>. One does not need
to be a member of <iris-talk> to view our messages.
> Note that your email address is on file in these other discussion
groups (there are many servers offering discussion groups covering just
about any topic you can think of). If you are beginning to receive a lot
of unwanted junk mail advertising (I am), you can see how other software
programs can be developed to scan these discussion groups and pull off your
email addresses, build a distribution list, sell and or use for
advertising.
> So now you are thinking, "gee, I didn't know others could read my
iris messages, or ...what did I say in a previous message?...who did I
flame (just kidding), or ...oops, I didn't mean to say that..." YEP,
you've gone public!
> Kitty Loberg
> Northern Calif.
In the 2 1/2 years I have been on the Internet and Iris-Talk I have never
recived any (Junk Mail). I get some from registered software and from and
from places I have joined on line. All of which I can stop if I wish.
This is the case with everyone I have talked to that is on the Internet.
Except AOL users, they get a lot.
Mike Greenfield
redear@infinet.com
SW Ohio Zone 5b
