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I agree, sorry to have asked, but at least I asked.<br>
Won't bother again about this.<br>
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Maarten<br><br><div>> Subject: Re: Re:<br>> From: mpm@selenic.com<br>> To: adrian@cadifra.com<br>> Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 17:06:20 -0500<br>> CC: mercurial@selenic.com<br>> <br>> On Wed, 2011-06-15 at 23:53 +0200, Adrian Buehlmann wrote:<br>> > On 2011-06-15 21:14, Kevin Bullock wrote:<br>> > > On 14 Jun 2011, at 7:38 AM, ratje .. wrote:<br>> > > <br>> > >> Dear Mercurial users<br>> > >><br>> > >> Accidentaly I put my ipaddress in one of my posts and now it's all<br>> > >> over the internet. Can I or someone remove that ipaddress please?<br>> > >> Pretty stupid of me, but hopefully it is possible. To whom can I<br>> > >> adress this question?<br>> > > <br>> > > IP addresses are not private. Any attempt to keep it secret is going to<br>> > > be futile (short of only ever using Tor for Internet communications, and<br>> > > even that is questionably effective). Every single HTTP server you point<br>> > > a web browser at, for example, knows your IP address.<br>> > <br>> > Not very friendly to post the IP again - whatever your opinion about<br>> > that topic may be.<br>> <br>> For the record, it's been my long-standing policy NOT to expunge trivial<br>> personal data from mailing lists archives I manage. It's tricky,<br>> error-prone, time-consuming, and ultimately futile work and punishes me<br>> for managing a free public forum.<br>> <br>> So if for some reason you post your credit card number here, you should<br>> just go ahead and cancel it. It's easier for you to get a new card than<br>> for me to fix your error, and hey, it's your mistake, not mine.<br>> <br>> -- <br>> Mathematics is the supreme nostalgia of our time.<br>> <br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Mercurial mailing list<br>> Mercurial@selenic.com<br>> http://selenic.com/mailman/listinfo/mercurial<br></div> </div></body>
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