| Title: | The Easynet USENET backbone |
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| Moderator: | NETRIX::thomas |
| Created: | Fri Mar 17 1989 |
| Last Modified: | Wed Jun 04 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 508 |
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I'm sure this is covered in here somewhere, but I'm not sure what
keyword to look under.
I read somewhere that there are strings you can place at the end of a
post, or in your sig file, that (if honored) will prevent postings from
being archived and indexed on the web.
I tried a bunch of keywords, looked up "robots", etc., and even tried
to dig around in the news. hierarchy. I have to admit, I've never been
very good at negotiating the massive volume on the Usenet.
Could someone list the magic incantations, or perhaps post a news or
web location where I can read about them?
Thanks
jeb
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| 507.1 | netrix.lkg.dec.com::thomas | The Code Warrior | Tue Mar 25 1997 16:11 | 2 | |
Don't count on it. Once you've posted, you have got to assume anyone and everyone will have access to your post forever. | |||||
| 507.2 | SMURF::PBECK | Who put the bop in the hale-de-bop-de-bop? | Wed Mar 26 1997 01:21 | 7 | |
I've seen the reference you mean (don't know where just now), and
Matt's right in general -- nothing will _prevent_ an article from
being archived or indexed. But there is a tag you can provide that
will cause a _cooperative_ indexer to _voluntarily_ ignore your
post. I believe AltaVista honors the one I saw referenced.
It's the honor system, though.
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| 507.3 | Can this be made automatic??? | PCBUOA::BAYJ | Jim, Portables | Wed Mar 26 1997 18:45 | 23 |
To answer my own question, I've found several sources which suggest you
add the string:
X-No-Archive: yes
to your post or mail. The descriptions I've found say it has to be the
last line of the header, or the first line of the post.
As .1 and .2 mentioned, its strictly voluntary. Doubtless there are
unscrupulous folks out there that will find and use your name no matter
what. But every little bit helps.
Also, by using the above string on Altavista, I found several post that
document numerous ways to help minimize junk mail from usenet posts.
Unfortunately most of them involve falsifying your return address,
etc.
BTW, anyone know if the Netscape newsreader can be configured to
include this in the header, instead of having to add it to the sig, and
then shuffle it around?
jeb
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