Wonderful to know that the hours I worked on it in response to all the
people who complained that I shouldn't archive the list because the archive
would be mined are wasted.

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James.
 
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu 
> [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf Of Gerhard Fiedler
> Sent: 2005 Aug 28, Sun 06:57
> To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
> Subject: Re: [PIC] substandard archiver subscribed to the list
> 
> Peter wrote:
> 
> > Again, read the FAQ. Whoever subscribed the piclist had the 
> option to 
> > request encrypted emails but did not.
> > 
> >> Try that with the piclist.com archive.... Go on. Try it! 
> Tell me what 
> >> you find. If you do manage to rip some emails, let me know 
> in private 
> >> so I can patch the hole? But I don't think you will get many, I've 
> >> done a lot to secure it. Of course, all the work I did to 
> secure it 
> >> is pretty much useless when anyone can subscribe to the 
> list and host 
> >> an archive with no security.
> > 
> > Your fortress has only one wall, with a strong gate in it ? So all 
> > that is needed is a walk around it (to another site) ? ;-) Remember 
> > when the lion is after you, you do not need to break the 
> world record, 
> > you only need to outrun your friends.
> 
> I also don't think it makes a lot of sense to keep one 
> archive site super-secure. Public email lists are quite 
> similar to news groups in that whatever you send there 
> becomes practically public -- including the headers. There's 
> not much that can be done about that. Anybody can subscribe 
> to the piclist from a free email account and rip emails as 
> long as he wants without them being listed in any archive.
> 
> I guess the point is: don't use emails you want to keep 
> spam-free in public forums (email lists, news groups, web 
> forums etc). Get a separate account for these that doesn't 
> hurt you much if/when you have to change it. 
> 
> Gerhard
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