[ale] (no more) SPAM talk...

[Dow Hurst]

I agree and want to point out the parallel of this process in scientific 
literature.  You have to have the names and addresses for correspondence since 
you might need to contact the person with the brilliant mind that published 
the work.  I've done the same thing as Geoffrey to reply to people or ask 
questions.
Dow


Geoffrey wrote:
> William Wylde wrote:
> 
>> Geoffry:
>>
>>>
>>>> Why bother to obfucate at all?  Why not just write a little script 
>>>> that removes the e-mail addresses from the posts in the archive?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Why have an archive?
>>
>>
>>
>> I think I'm going to drop out of this thread.  It really doesn't 
>> matter to me, anymore.  :-) I'm subbed via a white-list only account, 
>> and my personal spam filters are getting just about every bit sent to 
>> my main account, with very few false positives (gotta love 
>> "Thunderbird").
> 
> 
> There you go. :)
> 
>>
>> That said, I simply thought the purpose of the archive was to give all 
>> and sundry access to the collective wisdom on the list- no 
>> neccessarily direct access to the members themselves.  I was just 
>> proposing what I saw as a simple solution to what people were 
>> complaining about.  However, having read further in the thread, I can 
>> understand your desire to let people get answers to their questions 
>> "directly from the horses mouth"...
> 
> 
> I apologize for, what may have appeared to be a short, snide response. 
> One of of those days when I was quite busy, but still trying to get a 
> point across.
> 
> As a reinforcement to retaining addresses in the archives, I've sent 
> private email to three different people I located in archives regarding 
> different issues just this past week.  I received responses from all.  I 
> don't always get my answers from the posts, but I often do by pursuing 
> further information via the private email to the poster.
> 
> This to me, is terribly powerful and most definitely too valuable to lose.
> 

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