Rupert Swarbrick wrote:

> Carl Denk <cdenk@windstream.net> writes:
>> I would prefer that postings (especially mine) not be available to the=20
>> general public. If they are, I would surely have to watch what I say,=20
>> even though these topics are generally not controversial. There are=20
>> enough way to get on a spam or other unwqnted list.
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> I'm very confused. You do realise that there's a public archive of
> PICList postings hosted at http://www.piclist.com/techref/postbot.asp,
> right?

And at nabble.com, gmane.org and several others:

<https://www.google.com/search?q=3Dpiclist+%22carl+denk%22&ie=3Dutf-8&oe=3D=
utf-8&q=3Dpiclist+%22carl+denk%22+-site:nabble.com+-site%3Apiclist.org+-sit=
e%3Amassmind.org+-site%3Apiclist.com+-site%3Agmane.org&oq=3Dpiclist+%22carl=
+denk%22+-site:nabble.com+-site%3Apiclist.org+-site%3Amassmind.org+-site%3A=
piclist.com+-site%3Agmane.org>

This doesn't include all the potential address lists created by
harvesting any list members' computers. IMO any expectation of privacy
in a mailing list with some thousand emails in the distribution list is
an illusion.

Gerhard
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