[rt-users] Remove a post to the group?

[Bill Cole]

Mark Jenks wrote, On 1/9/11 8:46 AM:
> I posted something out here, and now the link is showing up in Google
> search, and I want to get rid of it.
>
> Is there a way to completely remove a post?
>
> http://www.mail-archive.com/rt-users@lists.bestpractical.com/msg27228.html

No.

You could try to get mail-archive.com to pull their copy down, but they are 
not the only site that offers a public archive of the RT-Users list. I 
wouldn't expect most operators of list archives sites to kill messages 
without very strong justifications that are not obvious in that message. 
Beyond that, it isn't really possible to know all of the places where copies 
of messages sent to a public mailing list may have been sent, and there is 
no way to prevent someone with an archived copy from making it openly 
accessible. Even if you got the half-dozen easily found copies removed now, 
you would have the possibility of other copies appearing at any time.


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The fact that your lawyers have convinced you to tack that absurdity onto 
every email you send does not give it force. When you send a piece of email 
to a public mailing list, you effectively give up any realistic expectation 
that you can control who may see that email.