Gabor Hojtsy wrote: > Dear Pop Mihai Sergiu, > > By sending this email you (again) posted to a public mailing list which > is archived at multiple places, of which really few are under our > control. There would be no point in removing your message from our > archives, as it is also posted to an unknown number of other archives > around the internet. > > Also there is no point in attaching a signature below your message which > prohibits the review of the contents, as the signature is only read > after the message is alread read. It should also be noted that simply saying something is "confidential" is not enough. The sender has to exercise a level of care to prevent "private and confidential" information and communications from becoming public. Obviously posting any such information to a fundamentally public forum negates any such expectations. It is like screaming, at the top of your lungs, in a public venue, a secret. You would not have any reasonable expectation of privacy even if you screamed "don't tell anyone." However, his rant does present a real issue. Forcing people to use "real" email addresses exposes them to SPAM and abuse. I would suggest, if possible and resources permit, that some sort of aliasing/registration system be deployed where every post is may by "anonABCDEFGH@xxxxxxx" and every "ABCDEFGH" is a registered user who's email address is known. > > Regards, > Gabor Hojtsy > > Pop Mihai Sergiu wrote: >> Greetings, >> >> The scope of this document is to file a complain related to privacy of >> our offices e-mail address published all over the internet. >> If you would care to query google for the e-mail : >> Research@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:Research@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> you would easily >> see what im talking about ! >> A while ago i`we send one or two emails to PHP.NET, requesting some info >> related to capturing the CPU / Storage ID using php, >> info which would have helped me in finishing a php web application at >> that time. Since then my e-mail address and comments were >> posted through the internet, making my e-mail public to all sorts of >> SPAMMERS. >> >> I understand that maybe this action was to keep the Question/Answer for >> others to see, but i do intend to kindly ask you [if possible] >> to hide my e-mail address from all the web posts. >> >> Since my e-mail appeared online, my Inbox is constantly flooded with >> unneccessary documents that stall my timeline. >> Maybe it is to already too late to change anything, but if anything can >> be done, please support me in any way you can to get rid of this issue. >> >> Sincerely, >> ------------------------------------------------------------ >> Pop Mihai Sergiu >> SOFTWARE POP SERVICE ELECTRONIC >> Research & Developement department >> ------------------------------------------------------------ >> A : Str. Calea Severilului, Bl 317 a.b. >> 200233, DOLJ, Craiova, Romania >> E : Research@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:Research@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> W : Http://www.popservice.ro <http://www.popservice.ro> >> P : +(40) - 251 483 627 >> F : +(40) - 251 418 773 >> M : +(40) - 744 507 700 >> Y : res3arch <ymsgr:sendIm?res3arch> >> ------------------------------------------------------------ >> *This mail is scanned and proven not to contain any virus.* >> ------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> >> *CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: *This communication and any accompanying >> document(s) contains information from the offices of >> SOFTWARE POP SERVICE ELECTRONIC and may be confidential or privileged. >> The information is intended for the personal and >> confidential sole use of the individual or entity named above. If you >> receive this transmission in error, you are advised that any >> review, disclosure, copying, distribution, or the taking of any action >> in reliance upon the communication is strictly prohibited. >> If you have received this communication in error, please contact us >> immediately by e-mail at _research@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> <mailto:research@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>_ or by >> telephone at _(+40) 744507700_. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
