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Re: [oletrucks] Off-subject-Summertime fun & E-mail security

To: "Schorn, Tim" <SchornT@ci.fort-worth.tx.us>, <oletrucks@autox.team.net>,
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Off-subject-Summertime fun & E-mail security
From: "Kevin Lake" <lakek@oit.edu>
Date: Fri, 7 May 1999 08:12:24 -0700
E-mail is far from secure.  Don't e-mail anything that you consider
sensitive information (i.e. credit card numbers, SSN, etc.) unless you use
some sort of encryption (PGP is about the best going for maximum security,
but there are others that are easier to use).  There are many ways to
encrypt data, but E-mail is not (normally), it can be read by virtually
anyone between you and your intended recipient.  I am not sure, but I think
that the archives of this list may be  available to non-list members (maybe
Ted or Miq could shed some light on this).  A friend of mine was going to
college back East a few years ago, and they had an incident in where a VERY
private e-mail between a mother and daughter got posted to a bulletin
board.  The e-mail had been intercepted and some nefarious individual who
used it to publicly embarrass the two people involved.  Just a little "food
for thought".  Take care.

Kevin Lake
56 GMC Suburban/napco

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> From: Schorn, Tim <SchornT@ci.fort-worth.tx.us>
> To: oletrucks@autox.team.net; 'Nelson, Jeff - DTC'
<jnelson@paducah.k12.ky.us>
> Subject: RE: [oletrucks] Summertime fun & get-togethers
> Date: Friday, May 07, 1999 7:31 AM
> 
> Jeff, what you said about this being a "controlled" forum hit home with
me a
> while back when a woman out of the blue contacted me, saying she had
picked
> up on a thread here in our tight little community on swamp coolers in
which
> I made some comment. This really struck me like a bolt, realizing that
our
> B&R really isn't private at all. My e-mail address gives away much more
than
> I'm really comfortable with.
> 
> > ----------
> > From:       Nelson, Jeff - DTC[SMTP:jnelson@paducah.k12.ky.us]
> > Reply To:   Nelson, Jeff - DTC
> > Sent:       Friday, May 07, 1999 8:24 AM
> > To:         oletrucks@autox.team.net
> > Subject:    RE: [oletrucks] Summertime fun & get-togethers
> > 
> > I know a lot of people are leery (with good reason) about publishing
> > their home addresses and phone numbers on the internet, even on a
> > controlled discussion list like oletrucks. On the other hand, the idea
> > of having names, addresses and phone numbers of kindred spirits around
> > the country, could be a life saver as well as a lot of fun. I would be
> > willing to build a database of this information and then send out hard
> > copy to everyone who submits their information. If you are interested,
> > send the following information to me (not to the list) at
> > jnelson@paducah.k12.ky.us. I'll put the info together and get it out to
> > those submit by the end of May (ready for those summer road trips.)
I'll
> > continue to remind people about the idea periodically and send out an
> > updated list every 6 months. What do you think?
> > 
> > Name:
> > Street Address (optional):
> > City:
> > State or Province:
> > Country:
> > Phone Number:
> > Nearest Big City (optional):
> > 
> > Type of food and time dinner is usually served:
> > (just joking there)
> > 
> > Jeff Nelson
> > 1953 3600
> > Paducah, KY
> > oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
> > 
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959

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