At 11:40 AM -0700 5/22/06, Paul Eggert wrote:
Chuck Soper <chucks2@veladg.com> writes:
Right now the tz list is very focused and low volume.
That's because Arthur filters out the spam. Mere exposure via Google wouldn't change that.
What exposure might change is:
(1) Arthur might have more spam to filter, if more spammers notice the list and send email to it.
(2) Spammers might send email to you directly after harvesting your address, bypassing the tz list entirely.
(1) is unimportant, since the mailing list address itself is already widely available.
(2) is an issue, but it isn't that big a deal, I think. The gmane archive shrouds email addresses in a silly security-through-obscurity mechanism that probably works well enough in practice. I suppose it's a bit like tzarchive.gz in that respect.
I agree.
I like having searchable archives, and I like having the contents of the email (not counting email addresses) being public. If the tz list went underground its utility would be greatly reduced.
I didn't mean to suggest that the tz list should go underground. I just wanted it to stay the same. Because gmane site's has been archiving tz list since July 2004, I believe that my concerns are unfounded. Any change that might have occurred has already happened. I like having searchable archives as well.
People who want to send email anonymously to the list can do so indirectly by emailing it to me.
Thank you, Chuck