public access to ukcrypto postings

[Quentin Campbell]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Owen Lewis [mailto:oml@sysrx.uk.com]=20
> Sent: 15 October 2002 21:09
> To: ukcrypto@chiark.greenend.org.uk
> Subject: RE: public access to ukcrypto postings
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ukcrypto-admin@chiark.greenend.org.uk
> > [mailto:ukcrypto-admin@chiark.greenend.org.uk]On Behalf Of Alison=20
> > Wheeler
> > Sent: 15 October 2002 12:58
> > To: ukcrypto@chiark.greenend.org.uk
> > Subject: Re: public access to ukcrypto postings
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> > Just posting a heads-up note to myself and others on here, but I=20
> > hadn't previously been aware that postings on uk-crypto were=20
> > read-available to all and sundry through the web until yesterday=20
> > afternoon while doing a google found some postings I had=20
> made to here.=20
> > Given some items have had confidential information in them a bit=20
> > worrying...
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> > Apols to those who already / previously realised this fact...
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> The net is as private as the News of the World. All human=20
> life is there. Some would say inhuman life too.
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> Owen

The fact that private e-mail does leek out onto the web has its
practical uses.

We deal with a UK company that can only be contacted via e-mail and a
FAX number and whose postal address is a box number. They were failing
to respond to messages from us and we needed a response urgently.

A 5 minute search of the web turned up copies of private e-mail
correspondence between the CEO of this company and an international
standards organisation. One e-mail contained his name and his personal
telephone number so I was able to phone him and sort out the matter
directly. It gave me quite an advantage when dealing with him.=20

It was very satisfying and infinitely preferable to trying to resolve
problems via a call centre. :-)=20

Quentin
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