Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 10:22:39 -0500
From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at press.jhu.edu>
To: <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: New list (was Re: This list is... )
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

> twhite8 at cox.net 2/13/2006 1:22:17 AM >>>
>Mike B. wrote:
>
>[speaking of the "official" WSFA list:]
>>
>>  The list is also a lot more public on Yahoo than it was with
>>  Keith...anyone in the world can read the WSFA list without needing
to
>>  be a member of WSFA or even a member of the WSFA list on Yahoo.
I'm
>>  not signed up and I've read a message on that list...just to see
if
>>  it could be done. All you need is the URL and a web browser...and
>>  the URL for the service is well known. The archives Keith
maintains
>>  may be accessible too, but the URL isn't widely known, and can be
>>  changed if needed...or password protection could be implemented I
>>  suspect, if needed.
>
>All of this public/private business is entirely under the control of
the
>list moderator.  I am on several Yahoo lists which aren't publicly
>accessible.

Matters not to me about the public aspect of the Yahoo list. I have no
concern about what I might post there, nor the ability of the rest of
fandom seeing it.  Others may be more concerned.

mjw