It is for this reason that I do not have my last name in my sig file....... It makes me too uneasy to have too much personal information about me out there on the net , you never know where it will end up. I agree 100 % with Kathy K. Merry Christmas Cindy Paul & Kathy Koch wrote: > Dear Lacnetters, > > I am quite concerned that my Time/Canon post to Lactnet yesterday was > apparently forwarded to Lactivist, to an AOL message board and to an > attachment parenting list. From AOL it was forwarded to TLC and I read > it there. The TLC post did not have any identifying information on it > and I don't know about the AOL post. > > The post to Lactivist had my complete sig file, email address, home town > and the fact that I am an LLL Leader. Did this information go to AOL as > well? > > I am proud of the fact that I am an LLL Leader, but as most Leaders > know, this is not something we broadcast to the general internet public, > for a variety of reasons. Unfortunately, our credibility is sometimes > weakened by the LLL Leader title, and had I known this post was going to > go all over creation, I would have asked that that part be removed. > Actually, I would have prefered that my sig.file been removed completely > as I don't want all of AOL to know that much about me. I also don't > want to be flooded with breastfeeding help requests. I get enough of > that already, thank you. > > In the future, I would appreciate the opportunity to grant permission to > have my post forwarded. * I would have granted permission immediately*, > as I have in the past, with the request that my sig file and other > identifying information be removed. According to one of my "sources", > my post was forwarded with the disclaimer that the reposter did not have > my permission. Was that supposed to make it okay? > > My husband said "that's what you get for posting to the 'net. You > should have been more careful." Isn't that a shame. Do I need to think > twice before posting to Lactnet? > > Kathy, who going to forget about this nonsense now and enjoy Christmas > with my children, spun up though they may be... > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Kathy Koch, BSEd, IBCLC > Mom to Andrew, Abigail and Molly > LLL Leader, AAPL/OL for VA and MD/DE/DC > [log in to unmask] Great Mills, MD, USA > > "Within the child lies the fate of the future." Maria Montessori > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- -------------------------------------------------------------- Cindy , RN, IBCLC ***** Virginia , USA mailto:[log in to unmask] http://www.erols.com/cindyrn ICQ # 412812