[OPLINLIST] RE: Concealment, part 2

[Don Yarman]

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Don Yarman OPLIN [mailto:yarmando@oplin.org] 
> Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2003 10:02 AM
> To: oplinlist@oplin.org
> Subject: Re: Concealment, part 2
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> Jeff Greek writes: 
> 
> > Hey Don, if you see this, I hope you'll give me/us the 
> courtesy of deleting
> > these beta messages just before the NEW, IMPROVED OPLINLIST 
> goes live.
> 
> As I said in the invitation to test, I do not yet have a way to
> delete individual posts from the archives.  What we say during
> testing may be available for posterity.  There is apparently a
> way to edit the archive file directly on the server, a dangerous
> thing to do, in my opinion, but it might be an experiment worth
> attempting. 
> 
> Elsewhere, Jeff said: 
> 
> > Well, let's see if this message conceals the sender.   
> > 
> > If my email address shows up then we'll know there's 
> something not quite so
> > intuitive about the customization interface.
> 
> The option "Conceal yourself from the subscriber list" does not
> allow someone to post anonymously.  It hides an e-mail address
> from the roster of list subscribers.  List members can access
> that roster from the OPLINLIST info page. 
> 
> Based on Jeff's experiment, I altered the wording of the option,
> so that instead of "Conceal yourself from the subscriber list" it
> now reads "Conceal yourself from the roster of subscribers." 
> 
> Such subscriber rosters are a handy resource for spammers.  I
> had originally thought to forbid access to the roster, but since
> individuals have the option for individuals to conceal themselves,
> and since the roster does not display machine-readable e-mail
> addresses, I thought I'd make the roster available to subscribers.
> What do you think? 
> 
>     Your most humble and obedient servant, 
> 
>                          Don Yarman
>                          OPLIN Library Services Manager
>                          yarmando@oplin.org 
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