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Dan Lester <[log in to unmask]>
Wed, 15 Nov 1995 21:05:09 MST
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As usual, the loyal oppposition speaks up:
 
On Mon, 13 Nov 1995 07:39:16 -0600 Ingrid H. Shafer said:
>Wouldn't it make sense if JSmith legitimately wanted to find addresses
>he would send a message to listowners informing them of his plans?
 
   Why bother?  Why make work for himself?
 
>Besides, should people not have a right to agree to be in such a directory?
 
  Nope.  If you post publicly your address is public knowledge.  ANYone can
do ANYthing with that address.  The ONLY way to ever keep your address from
being publicly available is to never post publicly.
 
cyclops
 
  Dan Lester, Network Information Coordinator
  Albertsons Library, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho 83725 USA
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  How can one fool make another wise?  Kansas, "No One Together," 1979

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