[RsR] Mailing list archives --> now public

[Martin Maechler]

Since I didn't get any protests, (and one encouragement),
I have now opened the mailing list *archives* for public
reading.

Note that for "posting" (i.e. sending anything to the list), you
must still be subscribed to the list (or be explicitly approved
by one of {Claudio, Matias, Martin}).

As a consequence, we now can "cite"  R-SIG-robust postings such
as the (only) one from Andreas, where he had asked for feedback:
   https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-sig-robust/2005/000024.html

(The 's' in "https" means that you will be asked *once* to
 approve a only semi-official certificate of our web server;
 just do approve and make sure the approval is remembered by
 your web browser.)

Martin

>>>>> "MM" == Martin Maechler <maechler using stat.math.ethz.ch>
>>>>>     on Tue, 20 Dec 2005 14:53:53 +0100 writes:

    MM> Dear R-SIG-Robust subscribers,
    MM> most of you got on this mailing list without having been
    MM> explicitly asked, namely just by attending the Treviso workshop
    MM> (and by not explicitly *un*subscribing since the list has been
    MM> created).

    MM> For this reason, and for "data protection" reasons, I had set up
    MM> the mailing list *archives* to be only available to list
    MM> subscribers (and you need to enter your e-mail address and
    MM> mailing list password to get at them starting from the mailing
    MM> list "site"  https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-robust )

    MM> There is one drawback with this approach, and that's the reason
    MM> of my posting:
    MM> You cannot send an URL ("link") of the list archives or a specific
    MM> message to outsiders; something which can be useful and happens
    MM> quite frequently with the R-help list archives, e.g.
    >>> please look at this interesting posting on R-help :
    >>> https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-help/2005-December/082432.html

    MM> or any other list archives of public R (or other) mailing lists
    MM> on our server: All of these are open to the public.

    MM> Of course, there is one single advantage of non-public mailing list
    MM> archives: They cannot be misused by "address harvesters".
    MM> Though E-mail addresses are automatically changed by replacing
    MM> the single character @-sign by the four letters " at " every
    MM> where, this may not be enough protection for some people...
    MM> Of course, this applies only to those *posting* to the list, not
    MM> to everyone subscribed.

    MM> Now I'm proposing to *open* the archives of R-SIG-robust to
    MM> public reading, and am interested in getting feedback on this,
    MM> particularly if you oppose it.  {non-feedback would mean
    MM> implicitly be taken as "yes, of course, that's fine, go ahead!"}

    MM> Martin

    MM> _______________________________________________
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    MM> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-robust