Thanks, nice to see the answer without the SNARK!
David McFarlane writes:
> At 10/7/2008 06:09 PM Tuesday, Cheryl A Akers wrote:
>> I repeat, can he see the NAG archives if he's not a member?
>
> Yes, fair question. As I recall, I visited the archive long before I
> joined the MSUNAG list, with no problem, and I believe my 15 year old
> nephew recently found some of my MSUNAG posts once when he Googled me
> (shout out to Alexander for the next time he Googles!).
>
> But I like to check the facts, so here is what I did, just for you. I
> exited my browser (Firefox) and restarted it just to close any open
> logins. I already lost the link to the archive, so I went to www.msu.edu,
> and used Search MSU with the term "MSUNAG". I clicked on the top hit
> ("MSU Network Administrators Group (MSUNAG)"), and from there clicked on
> the link labeled "MSUNAG list archives". From there I clicked on "October
> 2008", and from that page got all the way to your very post which asked
> this question! At no time did it request a login. So based on that
> evidence, yes, I suspect that our APA chair/president *can* see the MSUNAG
> archives if he's not a member.
>
> I hope that answers your question. But then I am just a lowly Systems
> Designer, not a real IT expert, so what would I know?
>
> -- dkm
>
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