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Kevin Parris <[log in to unmask]>
Thu, 22 Jun 2006 10:16:49 -0400
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The distinction between subscriber/nonsubscriber with password does not
actually exist in the case at hand.  He changed the notebook to Public,
and thus the list archive is no longer Private, therefore the reference
to subscribers loses all meaning.  The unmasking of addresses applies to
anyone who has logged in to that site, regardless of subscriber status. 
If the notebook is Private, then only logged in subscribers can see the
archive at all and they will never see the masked form of addresses.  
If the notebook is Public, then anyone who has logged in to that site
will see un-masked addresses, subscriber or not.

>>> [log in to unmask] 6/21/2006 7:21:15 PM >>>
On Wed, 21 Jun 2006, Kevin Parris wrote:
> To be excruciatingly precise, one does not login to the archive. 
One
> may login to the site - you can establish a LISTSERV(tm) password
> without regard to subscriber status on any of the lists hosted by
any
> particular site - the server doesn't care if you subscribe, it
requires
> only that you receive and respond to the "magic cookie" email.

Yes, I have known for at least 16 years that LISTSERV passwords of this
type are host site specific, not list specific.  That, though, does not
change what Russ Hunt said:

> I had to put "public" in the line -- and after that, the addresses
> were masked (except to subscribers with a password). Which is what I
> wanted.

N.B. He says "subscribers with a password".  He does not say
nonsubscribers with passwords.  "Subscribers with passwords" = private
list.

Douglas Winship  [log in to unmask] 

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