Where in the world is pgsql-general@postgresql.org?? - Mailing list pgsql-general
From | adrian@ezymail.com |
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Subject | Where in the world is pgsql-general@postgresql.org?? |
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Msg-id | 005701be8fba$a09e4ad0$09c31ecb@www.ezymail.com Whole thread Raw |
List | pgsql-general |
Hi pgsql-general@postgresql.org, I am writing to you in relation to a project that I am working on - to build a geographical map of the Internet, and I was wondering if you might help me by entering the name of your nearest city on my web page at: http://www.ezymail.com/~s98212760/geolocate/default.htm My web page then maps your virtual location to your geographicallocation, there by generating the data that I need for my project. I want to assure you that I do NOT record e-mail addresses, (or URLs for that matter) in my world map, so by helping me withthis project, you are definitely NOT going to be opening yourself up to more unsolicited mail. My site doesn't even askfor your e-mail address, it only asks for your nearest city. If you would like to know about how I feel about protectingyour privacy then please checkout my frequently asked questions at http://www.ezymail.com/~s98212760/geolocate/faq.htm#Answers It would help my project along greatly if you could spare a moment to enter the name of your nearest city, but if not, thenthanks anyway for considering my request. I don't want to waste your time any further, but if you would like to know how I came to get your e-mail address, and whyI am asking 'you', then here is a brief explanation. I got your mail address from http://postgres.home.ml.org, or if not on that page, it was on a page who's link appeared onthat page. I was trying to find e-mail addresses that had been around for a while, and so I got hold of a list of URLsthat were a few years old, and then I set a robot up to find any e-mail addresses that might be associated with thosepages. Yours - pgsql-general@postgresql.org was picked up by the robot, but I am not sure if it was on http://postgres.home.ml.org,or whether it was just on a page that appeared as a link on that page. (The idea was to findpeople like yourself, that had been around the net for a while, and would not be terrified by the thought of someoneknowing what their nearest city was.) I hope that you don't mind me asking, but as you can imagine, to build a reasonably good map of the net, I need an awfullot of people to tell me 'where' their part of the net is. Oh, and if you would like to know what I plan to do with the data, well I can see all kinds of uses for it, from analysingweb traffic to geographically targeted web advertising. I would also be very interested in hearing from anyone whomay be interested in assisting, investing, or otherwise in the development of any of these possible uses. Even if youwould just like to use the data yourself, then I would like to hear from you. Anyway, I have taken up enough of your time, but once again, if you would like to help me build a map of the Internet, thenall that you have to do is just enter the name of your nearest city in the single text box at http://www.ezymail.com/~s98212760/geolocate/default.htm Thanks heaps for your help in advance, and even if you don't help, then thanks anyway for considering my request. Kind Regards Adrian McElligott adrian@ezymail.com
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