I got this in response to a post I made today...
On Nov 17, 2004, at 9:47 AM, a MAGNet subscriber wrote:
> Dear Greg:
>
> Off-topic query: Are you aware that a copy of your below message will
> very quickly appear in a Google search of your name? I was a little
> discomfited to discover this. Is there any reason that these messages
> need to be generally available to the public? No other listserve I
> belong to has this problem, they are all password protected.
>
> Thanks in advance if this is something anyone cares to address,
Well, it's ok with me, since I wrote the message, eh? From whom am I
hiding?
I know that sometimes people have a false sense of security that
anything they write to an e-mail list is "private", being restricted to
only the "community" of list subscribers. Hogwash. Do you know who's
subscribed to MAGNet? I don't. Your message is already public as soon
as you post it to the hundreds -- or thousands -- of list subscribers.
Personally, I make sure that whatever I post to a list is stuff that I
don't mind having read by anybody, anywhere, at any time. If something
is sensitive or personal, that's a good excuse to pick up the phone or
invite somebody to coffee.
My two bits,
-Greg
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