[dundee] Dundee Mailing List

[Andrew Clayton]

On Tue, 19 Apr 2011 13:22:05 +0100, Arron 'Finux' Finnon wrote:

> On 19/04/11 12:33, gordon dunlop wrote:
> > I have modified the "Welcome Message" for new subscribers, in
> > addition that Dundee is a public mailing list, all mail archives
> > are fully accessible by the general public. I have also modified
> > the TayLUG home page, where I have mentioned under the appropriate
> > headings, that "Members are solely responsible for the content,
> > personal information & web links contained within their email
> > posts"  and "The mail archives are fully accessible by the general
> > public". This should be enough to cover us, a disclaimer rather
> > than a EULA is required here.
> As i say only a suggestion bud, i would think though it may well be
> worth grabbing swifty's DPA experience on this, we're also looking
> down the barrel of a "rite to forget" addition in to data being held,
> i do wonder if that holds any weight to us as well
> 

Why would anyone expect this to not be a public mailing list?

Surely the fact that there is a link at the bottom of every email that
allows you to click through and browse the archives willy nilly is a
bit of a give away...

Jesus, I hope we don't end up doing something as fruitless and
wastefull as the email confidentiality signatures that plague peoples
emails!

Andrew