From my point of view, this isn't about the legal issues (which there may be some of; I'm no expert). The problem with the case posed here (which I agree is a poser) for me is that once I've agreed to edit the archive I'm now responsible for everything on it -- I chose not to edit, or to edit. And I don't mean legally responsible (again, I don't know about that, and I expect it's a horrible snarl): what I mean is that now I'm open to making decision after decision about attemptng to alter the past. That way lies madness. Also, I think that it can be argued that once that personal information's been posted on a public list, it's no longer actually retrievable, because of the likelihood that others have retained copies in their mailboxes, or, even leaving that aside, the existence of the Wayback Machine. My view remains: I don't edit the archive. -- Russ Russell Hunt Department of English St. Thomas University http://www.stu.ca/~hunt/