On Mon, 9 Jul 2001, Kevin Parris wrote: > > I am very interested in further comments on how a bot might > gain access to the content of a private notebook, since you > are not fully confident that this designation will keep them > entirely out. Not that I want bots getting in, but rather > because I want to take other steps to improve the privacy of > the lists we host, if possible. I think Pete Weiss answered it most wisely. If you think you can outsmart an address-collecting bot (aka the "public", or even a list subscriber), then think again. Not allowing REVIEW of subscribers is a partial fix, but if you keep archives accessible to the subscribers (or public), then those who post to the list are vulnerable (even if you don't keep a NOTEBOOK, a subscriber (bot) can accumulate email addresses as postings are sent to the subscribers). You could "edit/moderate" the list, delete authors' addresses, and have the list's editor/moderator post in behalf of the now-anonymous authors, but that's getting really esoteric and non-functional insofar as providing a _practical_ method of thwarting address-bots, except perhaps in very limited applications. Peter R