Mary wrote:

> It's not a matter of the past but a matter of the present. I recently
> re-joined and I have decided to ask my postings not be archived. That's
> all. And no I am not hurt in any way, just decided to not have my
> postings archived.
>
> Thanks for being reasonable and fair about this.

Well...your postings won't be archived by GOOGLE. But there's nothing
preventing any of us from reading your posts and saving them, only to put
them forth as our own creations on web sites or on this very newsgroup. If
you really want to keep them private, then it's the height of folly to put
them on the Internet at all, even though Usenet's user population is
dwindling.

Bob