Klarinet Archive - Posting 000017.txt from 1997/11

From: "R Tennenbaum" <rtenn@-----.com>
Subj: Re: addresses
Date: Sun, 2 Nov 1997 01:37:45 -0500

I don't know what the adminstrators' policy is about making the
subscription list known, but here's a few guesses. First of all
there's spam, which of course isn't your motivation, Nicholas, but
the feeling is probably that if listservs go back to allowing the
"who" request, it's a danger. More to the point is that there are
probably members who for any number of reasons don't wish their
presence to be known -- maybe it's plain shyness. People who "lurk"
sometimes have other reasons beside their fame or notoriety --
sometimes they just enjoy reading the list more knowing that nothing
is required or asked of them, and I'll bet the administrators feel
they deserve privacy. On the other hand, I'd also wager that if you
wanted to contact someone you suspect is on the list and made a
public request, you'd hear back from him or her.

Rafe T.

>On this list there has been a series of questions asked regarding giving
>out email addresses to people on the klarinet listserv. I looked in
>the archives for answers regarding to this question and there just
>were not any. Recently I asked for request of this list on the klarinet
>listserv and on majordomo. Are they not giving a list like this out? Am
>I being rude to request this list, if so I do not mean to be?