RE: OT:Servers RE: OT-CHAT: All messages appear in other discussion groups

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--- Steve Szabo <stevesz@erols.com> wrote:
> The link given is misleading as part of it is
> missing.  For messages left
> here in January (all 677 of them), you need to go to
> http://www.egroups.com/messages/iris-talk/16067  The
> number appears to be
> the total number of messages left since the start of
> iris-talk.
> http://www.egroups.com/group/iris-talk will give you
> a brief description of
> the group, and a listing of month and year to select
> to view messages.
> 
> Now, the interesting part.  each of us has a cookie
> left on our machines by
> egroups that identifies us to egroups and then the
> lists that we belong to
> are made readily available to us.  The real test
> would be to connect to
> egroups from a machine other than the one we
> normally use--then you would
> not have the cookie.  You can also use another
> browser that you may have
> installed on your own machine as well, if you have
> not used it to access
> egroups or imported your settings.
> 
> However, since iris-talk is a public group, Kitty is
> correct in stating that
> the messages are public--anyone can view them.  If
> you go to
> http://www.egroups.com/group/fishadmin you will not
> be able to see any
> archived messages at all, since this is a private
> list, however there is a
> listing of the numbers, just like there is for
> iris-talk.
> 
> Should anyone be worried about Spam being generated
> using the archives on
> egroups as a harvest site for e-mail addresses, you
> can lay your fears to
> rest.  The e-mail address of any member is not
> completely given.  If I
> wanted to harass storylade from the address in the
> archives, I could not,
> because I do not have her address.  However, it is
> not clear to me whether
> addresses given in the body of the e-mail itself are
> available.  Even if
> this were true and I was able to find
> storeylade@.... would it be worth my
> while to pursue it?  Not very likely.
> 
> However, the archives at Mallorn do contain the
> e-mail address of the sender
> of the message.  This could serve as a harvest spot
> for spammers trolling
> for addresses.  Whether it is practical to remove a
> portion of the address
> would be a topic to be taken up, privately, with
> John who could consult with
> the keeper of those archives, which, particularly
> for the new people, also
> cover the original iris-talk list started by Tom.
> 
> Mike brought up the frequency of Spam received by
> himself and others.  He is
> really a babe in arms as I have been  on the
> Internet for more than 10
> years, even pre-dating the web.  I have about a
> dozen e-mail addresses which
> are checked on a daily basis (to the tune of around
> 100 messages a day).
> recently I had my worst Spam week in memory with 27
> spams received total for
> all accounts.  This week I have had 10 so far (my
> week runs from Sunday
> night to Sunday night, so I may get a few more this
> week--they seem to
> mainly hit around the weekend.  This is a typical
> amount--just around 1.5%
> of my mail is Spam.  That is a much better ratio
> than I get from the USPS.
> Even on that high week, the count was under 5%.  If
> you do want to have a
> hand in fighting Spam, join SpamCop and report your
> Spam.
> http://www.spamcop.net is the URL.
> 
> Nevertheless, it does pay to watch what you are
> saying when you send e-mail,
> and be sure you are sending it to the right
> location, i.e. private mail to
> the individual, public mail to the list.
> 
> \\Steve//
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: storylade@aol.com [s*@aol.com]
> Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2000 10:48 AM
> To: iris-talk@egroups.com
> Subject: [iris-talk]OT:Servers
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Kathy, this is what I got when I followed the link
> you gave:
> 
> Oops...
> There is no group called iris-talk..
> 
> Betty / Got rain, in the lovely Bowling Green KY USA
>  zone 6
> 
> 
> 
> 
Thought of bringing this up before, but now seems the
right time: I seem to be the only one on the list with
a complete email-address. Can anybody (John) tell me
why?

Babs (right now enjoying a beautiful vacation in
Florence, Italy< Europe)


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