Re: Delete my message on one Debian List Please

[Javier Candeira <javier@candeira.com>]

Martin Zobel-Helas wrote:
> Hi Pierre!
> 
> On Sun Dec 03, 2006 at 01:45:36 +0100, pierrero wrote:
>> I've posted messages in one of your Debian lists from from my business
>> email address and I start to receive spam.
>> It is very sad since I had succeeded with preserving of any indexing by
>> the spam robots :-(
> 
> The Debian-Listarchives-Policy is to NOT remove or alter any postings 
> if they are published.
> 
> Even if we would, it wouldn't help, as our lists are archived
> elsewhere, so once an email has been accepted it is out in the wild
> with its entire content and addresses and theres no way to get it back.
> 
> Please see http://www.debian.org/MailingLists/#disclaimer and
> http://www.debian.org/MailingLists/disclaimer

I think the source of his complaint is that his email address was not
masked, and was easily syphoned off by spammers.

Regardless of past disclaimers and policies, would it be possible in the
future to do some masking of email addresses in online archives?

Thanks for your work keeping Debian lists running!

-- javier