i completely agree with Salim that it woudl be seen as a barrier to
require people to register for the HIA gateway: please dont do this!

my email address is on several websites and i really dont get a lot of
spam, maybe the spam filters work well...

Mgt

Dr Margaret Douglas
Consultant in Public Health
Lothian NHS Board
Deaconess House
149 Pleasance
Edinburgh EH8 9RS

Tel: 0131 536 9033
Fax: 0131 536 9164
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>>> Salim Vohra <[log in to unmask]> 29/01/2008 10:51 >>>
Hi,

I think its is something to be mindful of and worth monitoring over
time but from my personal experience of the previous HIA gateway, as
well as other sites, which have had my work details on them is that
the amount of spamming has been low (others may have a different
expereince?). Most organisations display email addresses e.g. ours,
universities, local authorities, consultancies and I don't think
we/they have big spam problems. Personally, the biggest spam occurs in
my google and yahoo personal email accounts and they aren't even
advertised on any websites (probably because they provide the largest
set of users that spammers can spam automatically and randomly).

I would prefer an open approach, which is what the original site had,
as it can get passing visitors interested in HIA and can facilitate
indirect contact and networking through visits to the site as well as
google searches. My experience of registration on other sites is that
it tends to become a (perceived) hurdle/hassle as it is another
password and username to remember and makes using sites feel more time
consuming/complicated particularly when you only vist them/that area
sometimes.

Sal



On 29/01/2008, HIA gateway <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Alex
>
> You raise a very real problem. I think the answer is that if an
email
> address is in the public domain then there is no way of stopping
> spammers or others using it. We have to think carefully about the
> relative merits of making email addresses freely available with its
> acknowledged drawbacks or in someway limiting access which would
> certainly stop some people from contacting us whom we would wish to
> contact us. You will note that I was careful to get people to consent
to
> having their details placed on the gateway.
>
> It would be possible to delete emails (and/or telephone numbers /
> addresses) from the public domain. We could have partial protection
by
> requiring people to register if they wished to see these features.
So
> far about 50 people have said they wish to have their name with
details
> included on the HIA gateway.
>
> I guess we need a debate among those involved as to how much they
want
> to make public and what restrictions they wish to put on information
> about themselves. I am therefor copying this correspondence to JISC
mail
> so that others can express a view. All opinions welcome please.
>
> Cheers
>
> John
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: alex scott-samuel [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
> Sent: 28 January 2008 17:29
> To: John Kemm
> Subject: [Fwd: Fw: HIA Gateway people directory]
>
> John, how do you prevent spammers from accessing a public darabase
> containing e-mail addresses?
>
> best,  alex
>
> -------------------------------------------
> *From:* Health Impact Assessment for the United Kingdom and Ireland
on
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> *Sent:* Monday, January 21, 2008 1:11:11 PM
> *To:* [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> *Subject:* HIA Gateway people directory
> *Auto forwarded by a Rule*
>
>
> Dear All
>
> HIA gateway will be reappearing very shortly. We are now starting to
> build the directory of people interested in HIA. In order to get it
> started I wanted to collect some names. Please see the attached form
and
> use it if you want to add your name to the directory now. If you
dont
> want to do it now there will be many further opportunities to do so
once
> the gateway is properly open.
>
> Look forward to hearing from you
>
> John
>
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