From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 5 18:16:17 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5AD516A4DF for ; Tue, 5 Sep 2006 18:16:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from smtpout.mac.com (smtpout.mac.com [17.250.248.171]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3689E43E41 for ; Tue, 5 Sep 2006 18:15:17 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from mac.com (smtpin07-en2 [10.13.10.152]) by smtpout.mac.com (Xserve/8.12.11/smtpout01/MantshX 4.0) with ESMTP id k85IFEEM005265; Tue, 5 Sep 2006 11:15:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [17.214.13.96] ([17.214.13.96]) (authenticated bits=0) by mac.com (Xserve/smtpin07/MantshX 4.0) with ESMTP id k85IF0Fi007796; Tue, 5 Sep 2006 11:15:09 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20060905103129.E681@diamond> References: <20060905103129.E681@diamond> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <4C356FE0-6A8A-4419-BAE8-C329AC6F157F@mac.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Chuck Swiger Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2006 11:14:59 -0700 To: Christopher Ellwood X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAA+k= X-Language-Identified: TRUE Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Removing/obscuring my e-mail address in list archive X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2006 18:16:17 -0000 On Sep 5, 2006, at 10:48 AM, Christopher Ellwood wrote: > However, I was unaware that my message, including my e-mail > address, would > be publicly posted. I don't mind the message itself being posted, but > since the e-mail address I used is one I use for personal e-mail, I > definitely do not want it posted publicly, as this will facilitate > spammers gathering it to send me junk e-mail. > > Is there any way for my message to be removed or for my e-mail > address to > be obscured? Sorry, no. The FreeBSD mailing lists are being archived on hundreds if not thousands of machines; even if you persuaded someone to change it in one place, this would have no impact on the other archives, much less on the archives of email addresses which spammers harvest. -- -Chuck