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Re: [spf-discuss] Re: Contact page requests going to SPF-discuss

2006-07-04 17:05:16
On 6/29/06, Julian Mehnle <julian(_at_)mehnle(_dot_)net> wrote:
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Wayne Schlitt wrote:
> Sending stuff from the "Contact" page to spf-discuss is something
> that is relatively new, and I confess I'm not 100% comfortable with
> it.
>
> Please note that on the "Contact" page, there is an option for
> Confidentiality and that you *must* explicitly choose how you want
> your message to be treated.
>
> Publicly discussing things has the advantage that lots of
> knowledgeable people will see it and you have a much better chance of
> getting a correct response.  The downside is, as you mention, that
> there is a loss in privacy.
>
> I'd like to know what other people think about this.
>
> [...]

In the hope to conclude this issue, I have added an explicit note to the
contact form page about non-confidential submissions being forwarded to
the mailing lists, and have refined the wording of the confidentiality
selector:

 http://new.openspf.org/Contact

Try reading the confidentiality selector with both the "may" and "may not"
settings to see its practical meaning.

Thanks to all who contributed to this discussion, especially to Wayne, who
brought the issue to the attention it deserves!  I think it is important
that we make our information handling policy as clear as possible to users
of the contact form.

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I am the person who originally raised this issue, and I still think
that the form at http://new.openspf.org/Contact is unclear. When
reading that page, my understanding is that enquiries sent through
that form will be visible to a small circle of people ("discussed
publicly by project staff"). As long as that form goes to the list,
the reality is that it will be visible to the world, searchable by
Google, spambots etc. Try this search on Google (with all quotes):

""Sending stuff from the "Contact" page to spf-discuss"

and you'll find this entire discussion thread on 5 websites. That is
quite a sizeable difference, in my opinion. I am willing to share my
email addresses and other stuff with a circle of SPF experts and
enthusiasts, but not with the entire world!

I have no opinion as to whether that form should or should not be
redirected on this list; but I think if it is redirected to the list,
senders should understand clearly that whatever they write will be
visible to the world.

Mark Wolk
New Zealand Splendeur Tours
http://nzst.co.nz

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