Anyone else have a problem with this??? Shouldn't the list-owner be ASKED if
they want to be included, and have the CHOICE? Why should they have to take
2 actions to remove their list from the darn thing at all? It shouldn't be
included unless the list owner had Specifically Requested such an action!!!
I found 2 of em on our server and gee, one was findmail.com and one was
FindMail.COM.
humbug.
-t
> Any list owner wishing that their list not be archived. Please just
> remove our subscription from your mailing list. On Dec 13, 4:22pm, Scott
Hassan wrote:
> Subject: Re: FindMail.Com?
> Kynn Bartlett at "Dec 12, 96 12:47:10 pm"
>
>
> > www.findmail.com offers no information on these people, besides an
> > email address to mail. Their primary DNS is provided by archive.org,
> > according to Whois. www.archive.org speaks of archiving "the web",
> > Usenet, and other "public information" but doesn't mention mailing
> > lists.
>
> We are sorry about the lack of information from our web site. We are
> compiling a FAQ about our service. It will be available soon.
>
> FindMail Communications is a small company designed to archive all
> *public* mailing lists for the Internet. We will store all of the
> messages and then later allow for retrieval on a public or private
> basis. Everyone will have 'free' access to the public archive. This
> service will be available January 1, 1997.
>
> Any list owner wishing that their list not be archived. Please just
> remove our subscription from your mailing list. Also, please send a
> message to FindMail@FindMail.COM stating this fact so we don't attempt
> to automatically resubscribe later. We will place your list on a
> 'blacklist' and remove all collected messages. We will not touch
> those lists again.
>
> We are also planning to provide an anti-spam system. A automatic way
> to detect when someone is sending a similar message to many public
> mailing lists.
>
> > Are these people archiving my list without my permission? Anyone
> > else gotten requests from this site, or have subscribers now?
>
> I'm sorry if we subscribed without your permission. We will try to be
> more clear in the future about our intentions.
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Scott Hassan
> FindMail Communications
>-- This is the End of excerpt from Scott Hassan
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