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 ... --------------------------------------------------- Ken W. Smith, Professor of Mathematics Interim Director of Institutional Research Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI 48859 office phone: 517-774-7222, fax: 517-774-4250 home phone & fax: 517-772-5042