Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 02:29:02 GMT From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/115774: [patch] Mailing list users aren't warned about public exposure of information Message-ID: <200708240229.l7O2T2kx060173@www.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200708240230.l7O2U1sI038589@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 115774
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: [patch] Mailing list users aren't warned about public exposure of information
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-doc
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Fri Aug 24 02:30:01 GMT 2007
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Warren Block
>Release: 6.2-STABLE
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD speedy.wonkity.com 6.2-STABLE FreeBSD 6.2-STABLE #0: Fri Jul 13 11:53:42 MDT 2007 root@speedy.wonkity.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SPEEDY i386
>Description:
Users who submit messages to mailing lists aren't warned about the public exposure of their email address or other information.
>How-To-Repeat:
Submit a message to a FreeBSD mailing list.
>Fix:
Apply this patch to usr/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/eresources/chapter.sgml.
Patch attached with submission follows:
--- chapter.sgml.orig Thu Aug 23 19:56:29 2007
+++ chapter.sgml Thu Aug 23 20:28:12 2007
@@ -40,6 +40,14 @@
mailing lists ultimately fail as an effective communications medium for
the project.</para>
+ <caution>
+ <para>Email addresses and other information you submit to &os; lists
+ will be visible to many people through multiple methods (the list,
+ the web, newsgroups, and others). When protecting privacy is a
+ concern, consider using a disposable secondary email address and
+ posting only public information.</para>
+ </caution>
+
<note>
<para><emphasis>If you wish to test your ability to send to
&os; lists, send a test message to &a.test.name;.</emphasis>
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:
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