Date   : Wed, 11 May 2005 12:25:59 +0100
From   : Mike Tomlinson <mike@...>
Subject: Re: Beeb versus Master?

In article <4280F148.8010404@...>, Jon Ripley
<jon@...> writes

>It would be *impossible* for any spammer however talented to harvest 
>your email address, or the email address of any member, from the BBC 
>Micro Mailing List Archive or its mirror.
>
>For instance, your email address when published on the archive is listed 
> as mike@... and there is no way that your posting address could be 
>determined from it.

That's excellent news, thanks.  I don't think yours is the only archive
of the list though, is it?

>Take a peek at the archive at http://nelsonit.net/~jon/BBCMicro/ and see 
>for yourself.

Thank you, I will.  I haven't actually needed to consult the archive as
I keep all posts to the list in perpetuity (i.e. newsgroup expiry is
disabled.)