> From: openssl-users [mailto:openssl-users-boun...@openssl.org] On Behalf
> Of Vollaro, John
> Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2015 09:56
> To: openssl-users@openssl.org
> Subject: Re: [openssl-users] Delete a post to openssl-user mailing list
> 
> Can a message be removed by the system administrator of the openssl-user
> email forum?

No.

It's a mailing list. When your message was accepted by the list server, the 
server sent copies of it to every subscriber. That means (nearly) every 
subscriber had a copy at some point; most probably still have one or more, in a 
"deleted items" mail folder, in backups, etc. Some of those subscribers are 
actually robots - often gateways and archives like Gmane, which forwarded your 
message on and/or saved a copy in some repository that can be queried later.

So, for example, your original message is also available from the Gmane web 
interface:

http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.openssl.user/54716

And that means it's been indexed and cached by Google and other web spiders.

You'll never track down all the copies. Even if you did, you'll never get 
everyone who has one to delete it.

I'm afraid that cat is not only out of the bag, but no longer visible from the 
bag with the naked eye and receeding at high speed.

-- 
Michael Wojcik
Technology Specialist, Micro Focus





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