George Kirikos (gkirikos@yahoo.com) wrote:
> Hello,
>
> --- Jeremy Kinsey <jer@mia.net> wrote:
> > > I read somewhere the list was reset because of fears spam
> > harvesters
> > > would jump at the chance for a big list of emails/contacts.
> > >
> > > It wasn't confirmed anywhere, but it kinda makes sense.
> >
> > That could be possible, but you have the option of not showing your
> > email, which is what I did.. I think (from what I read) that there
> > was
> > a technical problem that caused it however.. At least it is back up,
> > and someone had the foresight to back up the petition at 10k.
>
> Obviously PetitionOnline.com has the mailing list/contacts. Not sure if
> they are spammers (I've not received any spam from them, except from
> the initial email). They seem honourable, to be running the service for
> free.
>
> I, as petition author, also had access to a *subset* of the emails
> --only those who opted to show their emails to the author (the default
> was to not show). I'm not a spammer, though. I was very careful, after
> I archived the dataset to print out (for the FedEx to ICANN of the
> first 10,000 signatures) to redact (remove) the emails from the
> printout, and from the final Excel spreadsheet. I even went so far as
> to create a separate Excel spreadsheet (brand new), and copy/paste from
> the old spreadsheet, because as many of you are aware, sometimes
> Microsoft file formats retain data that has apparently been deleted
> (i.e. when I deleted the "emails" column).
[snip]
Just a note - in no way was I aiming the spam harvesting at you George,
as I fully appreciate the work you're doing here. It was more the fact
that other, less respectible people, might take the opportunity to
harvest the list (from those that did opt-in to submit their email).
Glad to hear it was most likely a tech issue and a backup was on file, I
was wondering how many people wouldn't know about the reset and thus
not register again.
Keep it up people!
Cheers,
Andy
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