Date: Fri, 6 May 2005 13:54:33 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Fafa Hafiz Krantz <fteg@london.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mailinglist privacy: MY NAME ALL OVER GOOGLE! Message-ID: <20050506105433.GA84877@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> In-Reply-To: <20050506103934.10FA34BEAD@ws1-1.us4.outblaze.com> References: <20050506103934.10FA34BEAD@ws1-1.us4.outblaze.com>
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### Please DO NOT CROSS-POST messages to a bazillion lists! ### On 2005-05-06 05:39, Fafa Hafiz Krantz <fteg@london.com> wrote: > > Hello. > I have a big problem. My privacy has been violated. > > I had no idea when I first started writing posts to the FreeBSD > mailinglist that it would be archived, let alone indexed by Google > so that the world can spy on my words. It's not something very surprising for a project that is open to anyone and encourages participation at all levels, is it? :-) > Can the FreeBSD mailinglist administrators change my name and > e-mails, or delete my posts, if I can prove that I wrote them? No, that would be impossible. Hint: third-party mirrors (i.e. Google). This is a recurring theme. It's really *NOT* the fault of the postmaster of FreeBSD.org that you posted to public mailing lists. The Handbook section about mailing lists[1] says: | Before posting to any list, please learn about how to best use the | mailing lists, such as how to help avoid frequently-repeated | discussions, by reading the Mailing List Frequently Asked Questions | (FAQ) document[2]. | | Archives are kept for all of the mailing lists and can be searched | using the FreeBSD World Wide Web server. The keyword searchable | archive offers an excellent way of finding answers to frequently asked | questions and should be consulted before posting a question. References: [1] http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/eresources.html#ERESOURCES-MAIL [2] http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/mailing-list-faq
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