From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 4 22:16:24 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 888C016A4CE for ; Fri, 4 Feb 2005 22:16:24 +0000 (GMT) Received: from rproxy.gmail.com (rproxy.gmail.com [64.233.170.204]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BFDB743D3F for ; Fri, 4 Feb 2005 22:16:23 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gert.cuykens@gmail.com) Received: by rproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id f1so473408rne for ; Fri, 04 Feb 2005 14:16:23 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:references; b=FL5IEMCUVx3zoAzUjlz05ufUl03dwCCX6XDAlW9UigzD9OKHccQmbNUIGvU94XBUoxR64S6kLdY3fTxh4OEfq8QrKxfRgevQtau2aU+1Jcs0z+4qgYFN4TjH0KtsYkin5MG5QWr6a/Cx11q7CGXijhuw+57anrakl0bv3ClD9EI= Received: by 10.38.218.39 with SMTP id q39mr48958rng; Fri, 04 Feb 2005 14:16:23 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.38.74.23 with HTTP; Fri, 4 Feb 2005 14:16:23 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 23:16:23 +0100 From: Gert Cuykens To: "vandrewlevich@momsandkids.org" In-Reply-To: <200502042208.j14M8prU006203@mail5.atl.registeredsite.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <200502042208.j14M8prU006203@mail5.atl.registeredsite.com> cc: questions@freebsd.org cc: Chris Hodgins Subject: Re: Re: favor X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Gert Cuykens List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2005 22:16:24 -0000 On Fri, 4 Feb 2005 17:08:51 -0500, vandrewlevich@momsandkids.org wrote: > If Google can do it, I'm sure FreeBSD can figure out how to do it. Google calls it "nuking a post". Any nukers with know-how out there? > > > From: Chris Hodgins > > Date: 2005/02/04 Fri PM 04:58:00 EST > > To: Chuck Swiger > > CC: vandrewlevich@momsandkids.org, questions@freebsd.org > > Subject: Re: favor > > > > Chuck Swiger wrote: > > > vandrewlevich@momsandkids.org wrote: > > > > > >> Hi FreeBSD. When googling my name, your list comes up 13 times because > > >> of a > > >> thread from 2003. Could you kindly remove and delete this thread from > > >> your > > >> archives? I would really appreciate it. > > >> Thanks, > > > > > > > > > Regrettably, there is no reliable or convenient way to remove old > > > postings from a public mailing list. Part of the issue is that you're > > > asking to remove not just your postings, but postings made by other > > > people in response to the questions you asked in that thread. > > > > > > Even if the FreeBSD postmaster (acting as list manager) did so and > > > rebuilt the Mailman thread archives manually, Google and other sites > > > which cache Usenet and public list traffic to their archives generally > > > retain information about old postings anyway. > > > > > > > Google does offer a way to remove posts that you have made from its index: > > > > http://www.google.co.uk/googlegroups/help.html#9 > > > > IANAL but I think it would be interesting to know what the legal > > implications are here. Could it be a legal requirement that you can > > request that your data is removed? > > > > Chris > > Dont worry about it britney spears will always have more search hits then you :)