On the thread about removing names of our subscribers from IAF.NET -- the
issue is more complicated than some people realize.
 
        IAF has my email address.  (I checked.)  I don't mind; there does
need to be some type of big internet "phone book" and I am willing to put
my name in it as long as it is not used for bulk mailing.
        What happens if I am subscribed to your list and you get IAF to
delete all the names of your subscribers?  Then my name is deleted.  I
don't want my name deleted; now you are interfering with *my* rights.
 
        So it is not that simple.  I suspect IAF will refuse, legitimately,
to delete the names of *others* at your request.
        Hopefully they will follow their pledge to delete *your* name, at
your request.
 
        I agree that it is frustrating that IAF apparently culled lists
without letting anyone know what they were doing.  But what can be done
now?
 
Ken
 
 
> On Mon, 13 Nov 1995, Peter Laws wrote:
> > So ... as responsible listowners, maybe we should capture a review of our
> > lists, submit them to the above address, and demand they be removed ...
 
 
 
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