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Geoffrey wrote:
> William Wylde wrote:
> 
>> Geoffry:
>>
>>>
>>>> Why bother to obfucate at all?  Why not just write a little script 
>>>> that removes the e-mail addresses from the posts in the archive?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Why have an archive?
>>
>>
>>
>> I think I'm going to drop out of this thread.  It really doesn't 
>> matter to me, anymore.  :-) I'm subbed via a white-list only account, 
>> and my personal spam filters are getting just about every bit sent to 
>> my main account, with very few false positives (gotta love 
>> "Thunderbird").
> 
> 
> There you go. :)
> 
>>
>> That said, I simply thought the purpose of the archive was to give all 
>> and sundry access to the collective wisdom on the list- no 
>> neccessarily direct access to the members themselves.  I was just 
>> proposing what I saw as a simple solution to what people were 
>> complaining about.  However, having read further in the thread, I can 
>> understand your desire to let people get answers to their questions 
>> "directly from the horses mouth"...
> 
> 
> I apologize for, what may have appeared to be a short, snide response. 
> One of of those days when I was quite busy, but still trying to get a 
> point across.
> 
> As a reinforcement to retaining addresses in the archives, I've sent 
> private email to three different people I located in archives regarding 
> different issues just this past week.  I received responses from all.  I 
> don't always get my answers from the posts, but I often do by pursuing 
> further information via the private email to the poster.
> 
> This to me, is terribly powerful and most definitely too valuable to lose.
> 

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