Friday, August 30, 2024

Re: E-mail address openly visible in the WWW

On Fri, Aug 30, 2024 at 05:06:32PM +0200, rfabris@mhsmail.ch wrote:
> I have observed the e-mail addresses of the misc@ contributors are
> openly visible in the World Wide Web. I'm not sure whether this might
> be a privacy hasard.
>
> Do you recommend using a separate, dedicated e-mail address for
> posting in the misc@ list?

I would not consider the openbsd-misc archives a higher risk than any other
mailing list archives.

There are ways to mask addresses in mailing list archives, but whether
the people in charge of the archives consider the effort required to set
up such a thing worth it is entirely up to them.

That said, if you have reason to believe that making your email address
available in searchable archives on the Internet, using an alternate
address for posting to the list might be a workable option.


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