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Please read. I feel this is important.
From: "Edward Pearson" <Ed () unitymail co uk>
Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 12:23:52 -0000
People, Please read all of this and take note. It'll take two minutes of your time. When I opened my e-mail this morning, and jumped to the FD folder, what is saw was the straw that broke the camels back. Of the 300(ish) e-mails I got today, Almost all were titled, "A small editorialaboutrecentevents", which is basically some of the people on this list arguing about American politics (from what I can glean from the e-mail I did read). Of few remaining e-mails there was one, and only 1 security related topic. This is not why this list was created. To have one e-mail on topic and the rest I can only class as spam. On such a respected list, that I have been a keen subscriber to for years. THIS IS A LIST FOR SECURITY, NOT FOR THE AMERICAN PUBLIC TO DISCUSS WHATS WRONG WITH THEIR COUNTRY; WE'RE BORED OF HEARING ABOUT YOU IN THE REAL NEWS, TRY AND KEEP IT OUT OF FULL-DISCLOSURE. This is not what the list was designed for and believe me the people making these stupid topics are the ones with the least to bring to the table. Those people who have something to offer, will be driven away (this is happening already) and soon, the list will die. I've seen calls for moderation, and people discussing ways of pruning out the problem posts. All these topics turned into a complete farce, becoming what they hoped to stop. We must strive to keep this list alive and make is as important and respected as it once was (Those who have been around a while will remember internet-wide ripple that could be caused by that one mail to the list.) The list literally has toppled major corporations and changed the views and opinions of many of the most important people on the internet. Even before computing became a big part of my life, before I'd ever used a M$ product I had heard of FD. So people please, even if what you post is good information. Stop for a few seconds and think. Is this security related? When somebody sees this on Full-Disclosure, will there be any doubt of its relevance? To save myself becoming a complete hypocrite, I'd like to ask that nobody reply to this, just make sure you read and take note. Even if you disagree. Edward Pearson - IT Engineer t: 08708518188 f: 08707947943 m: 07729155751 w: www.unitymail.co.uk 9 Fishers Estate | Wiggenhall Road | Watford | Hertfordshire | WD18 0FN _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
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- Please read. I feel this is important. Edward Pearson (Dec 19)
- Re: Please read. I feel this is important. mrceconnor (Dec 19)
- Re: Please read. I feel this is important. Valdis . Kletnieks (Dec 19)
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- Re: Please read. I feel this is important. mrceconnor (Dec 19)
- RE: Please read. I feel this is important. Edward Pearson (Dec 19)