Charlie Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 24/01/2007, at 2:51 PM, Doug wrote: > >> >> Any feeling of privacy we might get by not having an archive is a >> facade; email is not a very private medium. >> >> We've almost always been publicly archived here and I can't think >> of any problems the list or anyone subscribed to it has encountered >> as a result. I'm curious what sort of problems do you anticipate? > > It's pretty commonplace these days for companies to google > applicants. Just as what my personal views down the pub are on > certain subjects are no-one's business if they weren't there at the > time, what I say in a mailing list is only the business of the people > on that list, but a public archive changes that dynamic. > > As it is, the archives have mainly been only accessible to > subscribers as far as I'm aware, which is enough of a firewall for > me. Yes, email isn't very private, neither are conversations in the > street, but you wouldn't want someone you never met to be able to see > snippets of conversations out of context long after the fact. > > Charlie
Accessible only to subscribers? But I thought Gmane offered Brin-l and public archives. -- Gwern Inquiring minds want to know. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
