e.g. until recently the ORC address on the website was listed as
occupyresearchcollective [at] fastmail [dot] co [dot] uk
> I don't know if listing the email addresses with out the @ sign (like
> for example reading-occupyATgooglegroups.com) will fool the spambots.
> Or is that an urban myth?
> Kirsten
> On 9 August 2012 22:58, Simon Thorpe <simongareththo...@googlemail.com>
> wrote:
> > Ah. I hoped not. The wording of the guide I read suggested that anyone
> who's
> > a member of the google group should be able to access the doc, and no one
> > else. Now I think about it I can't think of a way for google to recognise
> > you as a member of the group unless you were logged into your google
> > account...
> > So when you try to visit it's asking you to log in to your google
> account?
> > That's a shame, thought I had a good solution!
> > The alternative was having it accessible to anyone with a link, which is
> > secure enough if we only circulate it by email, like we have done, but
> then
> > no one uses it. We could do with some expertise on the risks of having it
> > accessible through the website with people's email addresses in. Could
> spam
> > bots read it and steal addresses? I don't know.
> > hrm...
> > On 9 August 2012 22:33, Sam Halvorsen <samhalvor...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >> Do you need to have a gmail account to access this Si? I suppose they
> are
> >> free and easy to set up right? in which case just being lazy....
> >> On 9 Aug 2012, at 15:06, Simon Thorpe wrote:
> >> Hi everyone,
> >> Remember the idea for an ORC Members' Skills and Details google doc?
> >> I think this is a vital part of trying to facilitate action and
> >> participation in this group beyond London, be it extra-London meetings
> >> (helped by knowing people's localities through the doc) or digital
> >> collaboration (helped by knowing people's interests through the doc).
> >> The problem is that if it's not up on the website it's not very
> prominent
> >> and a lot of people won't remember to fill it in. Emailing it to the
> list
> >> means it quickly gets lost and forgotten in dusty depths of inboxes. The
> >> problem with putting in on the website and making it public is if people
> >> have names and email addresses there, it might be accessible to
> spammers or
> >> who knows.
> >> I think I have a solution though.
> >> I've made the doc Private, and shared it only with our google group
> >> reading-occupy@googlegroups.com. This should mean that I can make the
> link
> >> publicly accessible online, but thanks to Google's service integration
> >> (better the devil you know?) only people who are members of the mailing
> list
> >> can view or edit the doc. I think.
> >> So please experiment with this and check it works and let me know if you
> >> have any concerns.
> >> Here's the google doc again for people to fill out:
> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ahem14FWwYLWdEU3bFY5Ym1Y...
> >> I'll put it up as a project so people can find it easily in future.
> >> Si
