Unfortunately it's not only googlegroups, it's any news server that decides to carry us (I know for sure that Earthlink DOES carry us), so I don't think you'll have any luck getting it changed. I wonder how it gets onto a newsgroup to begin with? jp "James Newton. Admin 3" wrote: > > As disappointed as you are with everything Bob, I'm amazed you stick with > us. Lets hear it for Bobs perseverance and continued assistance on the > PICList. Good job Bob. Hang in there, I'm sure eventually someone will come > along and clean it all up. > > People on the usenet newsgroup cannot post to the PICList mailing list. Of > course, as you say, your email is most likely being mined as we speak. > > Dale and I were just looking into a system to catch people who mine the > PICList by subscribing directly but I guess its a moot point. > > I have sent googlegroups an email asking about our options for protecting > our members email addresses. We will have to see if they get back to us. > > --- > James Newton (PICList Admin #3) > mailto:jamesnewton@piclist.com 1-619-652-0593 > PIC/PICList FAQ: http://www.piclist.com or .org > > -----Original Message----- > From: pic microcontroller discussion list > [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of Bob Blick > Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 12:55 > To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU > Subject: Re: [OT]: Copyright and IP of published work > > On Wed, 27 Jun 2001, Pfaff, John wrote: > > Did you know that there is an archive of the piclist on deja as well? > > Check out the newsgroup comp.arch.embedded.piclist (it also happens to > > be on the Earthlink news server, and I don't know how many other ISPs > > carry it). So when you send to the PICList, you are not only sending to > > the list, but to anyone who subscribes to comp.arch.embedded.piclist, so > > who knows how many people are actually reading this stuff? > > I wonder when this started? That would explain why I get so much spam, > more every time I post a message to the piclist. All these years the > piclist has struggled to remain an email list and not become a newsgroup, > and now it is. What a disappointment. > > -Bob > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics > (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics > (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics -- ---------------------------------------- John Pfaff Software Development Engineer Customer Engineering Team Marconi Networks 2000 Marconi Drive Warrendale, PA 15806 Direct: (724) 742-4508 E-mail: john.pfaff@marconi.com -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.