[OSM-talk] Mailing Lists for MOM development

elvin ibbotson elvin.ibbotson at poco.org.uk
Wed Aug 20 11:09:30 BST 2008


From: Rory McCann <rory at technomancy.org>
Date: 20 August 2008 10:49:14 BDT
To: Patrick Aljord <patcito at gmail.com>
Cc: Talk Openstreetmap <talk at openstreetmap.org>
Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Mailing Lists for MOM development


> Patrick Aljord wrote:
>
>> Heh, I forgot about those, you do realize though that even if the
>> mailing list are not hosted on google, as long as they are public
>> Google will index them and collect all the data they can as the "Big
>> Brother" they are. When it comes to public web service there is no  
>> way
>> to avoid the Google (unless you use the robot.txt but that doesn't  
>> fly
>> with mailing lists).
>>
>
> The problem isn't that Google can read your data, this is a public  
> mailing list. The problem is that google controls your list. In  
> order for people to sign up to your list, they need to enter an  
> agreement with Google. With your own hosted email list you are the  
> one in control.


We're getting sidetracked here with this Google v. OSM debate (anyone  
remember when Google were the good guys?).

I'd like to set up a new OSM mailing list for mom but a quick glance  
at the wiki didn't find a 'how to set up a new mailing list' page.  
Can anyone point me in the right direction?

elvin ibbotson

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