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On Apr 22, 1:05am, Winship wrote:
> > 1). Should listowners delete messages from list archives at subscriber
> > requests?
> Absolutely not. The archives are the archives, edited only to resolve
> technical glitches.
Oh? I can think of at least three good reasons to remove a posting
from an archive:
1. The message is defames someone.
2. The message includes something illegal (copyright violation or
kiddy-porn or...)
3. The message includes a lot of garbage; be it MIME encoded graphics
(or, worse, Microsoft Word...) that slipped in under your line limit (you
*do* limit the length of postings to your list, right?)
Now, you might argue that the last is a 'technical glitch', but it really
isn't, it is just a pain to have in the archive.
It boils down to how customer oriented a list owner you want to be. And
we all have the right to say "Sorry, I don't have the time."
David
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