[Cob] Coblist Kahuna Notice - Re: Please delete the entry below...

[Shannon Dealy]

On Thu, 8 Nov 2007 robinson at on.aibn.com wrote:

> PLease delete this entry.  Thank you.
>
> http://www.deatech.com/pipermail/coblist/2001/004092.html

As I have had a few requests like this recently, I am including the list 
in my response:

I don't delete messages in the archives, it takes one to two hours 
of my time (of which I have none to spare) to make the change to the 
master copy and rebuild the archives.  The only exception to this rule is 
if a computer virus makes it through the spam and virus filters into the 
archives (this has only happened twice in 11 years).

Everyone is warned their messages will be displayed on the web, including 
email addresses when they join the list, and told if this is a concern 
they need to use a throw away email address such as a Yahoo account.  This 
warning dates back to the earliest years of the list (well before the 
message mentioned above), so there is no excuse for anyone to complain 
they weren't warned.  It is impossible to subscribe to the list without 
receiving the warning, if you choose not to read it that is neither my 
fault nor my problem.

Note: if your reason for wanting a message to be removed is concerns 
about your email address being harvested by spammers, there is no reason 
to be concerned about the message continuing to be displayed, spammers 
already have your email address and removing it from the web will have no 
significant effect on the amount of spam you receive.  Once an email is 
found by spammers they trade email lists, sell them to new spammers, etc. 
nothing you can do will ever cause it to cease to be spammed or get it 
off their lists.  Email filters are the only viable solution.

Shannon C. Dealy      |               DeaTech Research Inc.
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Phone: (800) 467-5820 | Networking, Scientific & Engineering Applications
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