Here's something I just have to share with fellow list managers. One list I run is for fans of a music group, The Gipsy Kings. Two list members met at a...
Bob Bish
bobbish@...
Apr 2, 2003 7:46 pm
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... Congratulations to them :-) My friends Paul and Anita met and fell in love on ql-silly over a decade ago, and have been married for almost 7 years. It...
Harald Koch
chk@...
Apr 3, 2003 4:34 am
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... Yup. Laurie and I met on rec.arts.comics, actually. Almost 20 years ago now....
Chuq Von Rospach
chuqui@...
Apr 3, 2003 5:41 am
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We've had two couples meet and get married through the Harry Nilsson mailing list. The list is fairly small (200 subscribers at its peak), but has been around...
Roger Smith
roger@...
Apr 3, 2003 1:08 pm
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... Patty and I met on soc.penpals 10 years ago. 20 years ago she would have been very illegal. ;-)...
Angel Rivera
angel@...
Apr 3, 2003 1:24 pm
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... Wouldn't 20 years ago put it prior to the great renaming? My memory is saying that was in 86. -Mitch...
Mitch Collinsworth
mitch@...
Apr 3, 2003 2:16 pm
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... yes, technically it was net.comics, but today, if I were to say that, the Usenet II folks would wake up from their nap to tell us they're the real fix for...
Chuq Von Rospach
chuqui@...
Apr 3, 2003 3:14 pm
13184
... No, we wouldn't. All of the Usenet II people know something about Usenet history and would know what you're talking about, for one. Some of us have even...
Russ Allbery
rra@...
Apr 3, 2003 7:48 pm
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... (sorry, Russ!) so much for a quick, funny quip.... (grin) No sense digging this hole any deeper, I have lots of new holes to dig before I die......
Chuq Von Rospach
chuqui@...
Apr 3, 2003 8:09 pm
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Here's a followup to my previous post: Case Study Surprising Results from HTML Newsletter Tests: Now it's Safe to Use Cascading Style Sheets ...
Tatum, Richard
rich@...
Apr 7, 2003 8:09 pm
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... Are CSS-emails self-contained, or do they presume that you *HAVE* to be online to view them? [and also have to use a mail client that'll do ...
Bernie Cosell
bernie@...
Apr 7, 2003 8:49 pm
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... You *can* do CCS self-contained, and in this context (html enabled email, especially bulk html enabled email)it would be foolish to do otherwise. IMHO,...
JC Dill
inet-list@...
Apr 8, 2003 1:17 am
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... They can be, if prepared correctly. I have written scripts using the Microsoft CDONTS ActiveX object that embeded a style sheet in HTML e-mail messages...
Michael S. Johnson
michj@...
Apr 8, 2003 4:48 am
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Morning! While going through the daily group of spam messages that got through the filters, I noticed a 411 spam with a text attachment. So, being curious (and...
Charlie Summers
charlie@...
May 1, 2003 1:21 pm
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... They don't need to bother. List-managers makes it easy: http://www.google.com/search?q=list-managers+charlie@...&ie=UTF- 8&oe=UTF-8 you're in...
Chuq Von Rospach
chuqui@...
May 1, 2003 3:27 pm
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I acknowledge that cloaking addresses in archives is better than nothing, but in the long run I do not think that trying to keep email addresses secret is an...
Tom Neff
tneff@...
May 1, 2003 3:41 pm
13193
... I agree with your assessment, but even if the GreatCircle archives were "locked-down," there are the unofficial web-based archives we've discussed here in...
Charlie Summers
charlie@...
May 1, 2003 4:15 pm
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... It has been known to happen in the past (subscribing to a list to grab addresses of those who post). Not implying anything in this case, but spammers have...
Mark Fletcher
markf@...
May 1, 2003 4:36 pm
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... which is why my sites have outlawed unofficial archives for a while (or more correctly, archives without our permission), and actively police for and have...
Chuq Von Rospach
chuqui@...
May 1, 2003 4:54 pm
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... and those need to be protected by a challenge/response system....
Chuq Von Rospach
chuqui@...
May 1, 2003 5:19 pm
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Hi there, Although in theory archives of list traffic are a nice idea, in practice, there is another problem, in addition to the spambots. This has to do with...
Istvan Berkeley
istvan@...
May 1, 2003 5:49 pm
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... Just as an interesting data point, when we started going after a 419 spammer, we were told by the Secret Service to back off! Actually, while I'm here, I...
Anne P. Mitchell, Esq.
amitchell@...
May 1, 2003 6:08 pm
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... simple answer: list rules should state permission to archive and whatever re-use you feel is reasonable. users don't like it? don't subscribe. I think...
Chuq Von Rospach
chuqui@...
May 1, 2003 6:47 pm
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... What does he say about the license implicit in posting an email message to a public forum? The summary above isn't very controversial, I don't think: it...
Bernie Cosell
bernie@...
May 1, 2003 7:13 pm
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... For those of us list owners who are not also lawyers, would your company be willing to press charges on our behalf by request? I gather that because your...
Michael S. Johnson
michj@...
May 1, 2003 7:30 pm
13202
... I'd meant to eask earlier, but held off.. but now it is compounded and I'm really lost: whats a '411 spam' and whats a "419 spammer"? /Bernie\ -- Bernie...
Bernie Cosell
bernie@...
May 1, 2003 7:58 pm
13203
First, let me make clear that although I am a lawyer (please don't hold it against me!), Habeas is not a law firm; we are an assured email delivery system...
Anne P. Mitchell, Esq.
amitchell@...
May 1, 2003 8:29 pm
13204
On Thu, 1 May 2003 10:24:54 -0700 ... Where do I sign up, and can I bring a baseball bat? -- J C Lawrence ... claw@... He lived as a devil,...
J C Lawrence
claw@...
May 1, 2003 9:10 pm
13205
... Nowadays you almost have no choice in the matter-or risk being called a spammer or a supporter of spam....
Angel Rivera
angel@...
May 1, 2003 9:26 pm
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... I keep all archives in a password-protected directory of the web site. They are available to list members only. ...Bob...
