Thanks - is it really paradise in the Philipines or just warmer reality ? > Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2012 05:09:10 +0800 > From: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Risking Fate > To: [log in to unmask] > > I have noticed some of you are listing your name and addresses on > your postings. This is risky in the age of hacking and identity theft. > > Your postings are PUBLIC on the Parkinsn list, indexed by many search > engines all over the world by friends and foes. > > Only you can protect yourself. What you may feel today that others > should know may not be the same as what you want others to know about > you in the future. Don't divulge private information to list members > unless you have a one on one relationship and even those may fall > apart in the unknown future. > > Ninety nine percent of listmembers do not post but pick and choose > which threads to follow. Instructional postings relating to list > management do not get read and therefore acted on. I wish it was more > but in the life of a listserv list this is the norm. > > Every day, look in a mirror and say over and over "I am responsible > for my own safety". The list is a public service provided free of > charge by the University of Toronto and Barbara Patterson and I > administer it. We face the same trials and tribulation as you and do > this as a "labor of love". > > Needless to say we have the finest members here that are here to help > while Barb and I sleep. > > Thank you all, your contributions are appreciated. > > John Cottingham > From the Land of Paridise, Philippines > co-owner Parkinsn > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn