Stut wrote: > Mark wrote: > >>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." >> >> > > Nice analogy. > >>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. >> >> > > I would have to disagree with this. I've been on lots of 'public' > mailing lists for quite a while and this is the first time I've ever > seen a complaint of this nature. I really think the OP should have taken > more care to read the mailing lists page on php.net before signing up. > It clearly states that there are archives and that they are searchable. > If privacy was a concern then these archives should have been checked to > make sure they obscure email addresses. > > If there is any issue I think it's that the above mentioned web page > does not make it clear that there are lots of archives in addition to > those mentioned that php.net does not control. At any rate I don't see > any need for php.net to implement a system for anonymising posts - that > would be a huge waste of resources as a result of a single complaint out > of what is probably many thousands of list members. > Well, I'm pretty sure that for every *one* verbal gripe there are hundreds or thousands of unspoken gripes. I was reluctant to post to this news group for the reasons of spam and abuse. I upgraded my spamassasin and went for it. I have a long dead PHP account from when I originally contributed msession to PHP (about 5 or 6 years ago) and I STILL get spam!! I think to say "it isn't an issue" is a level of denial. I suspect there are many people who just won't post because of the restriction. Anyway, <RANT> I have long since learned that the PHP group does not like change of any kind except that suggested from within a small group of core people, and despite any reasoned argument will resort to denial, ignorance, and/or ad homonym to refuse or belittle any such suggestion.</RANT> it is just a suggestion, do with it as you please. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
