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I have not been spammed via this source. Some of the seeming sources
to my spam have been within my own ISP. I have seen spam directly
attacking other lists I have been on. I've never seen a spam piece
on this list to the best of my recollection.
I use a strictly text mail reader, PINE, precisely to give me a layer
of insulation and also a certain quickness with which messeges disappear
when delete is struck.
bs
On Thu, 16 Oct 2003, Michael C. Toren wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 15, 2003 at 06:11:22PM -0400, gabriel rosenkoetter wrote:
> > You're welcome to leave, taking whatever ball you have with you, but
> > I think you're being silly, since Mailman makes it very possible for
> > you to do exactly what you want (have your email address listed in
> > the archives NOT be reachable by spammers) without forcing that same
> > preference choice on others.
> >
> > As I already pointed out, you can subscribe from a garbage address,
> > turn mail delivery off for it in the Mailman interface, then post
> > from that address.
>
> Or, if you'd like to post to the list with a From: address you can't
> receive mail at but which easily identifies you when read by a human,
> send mail to plug-admin@phillylinux.org and I'll be happy to configure
> mailman to accept posts from you.
>
> For the record, I agree with the points Gabe has made earlier in the
> thread. Additionally, I'd rather not reconfigure the list archives to
> munge addresses because I don't believe simple munging ("mct -at- toren
> -dot- net") is an effective method of hiding from spammers, as it's
> trivial for a computer to reverse. It's possible to strip the addresses
> entirely ("mct@xxxx"), but that prevents someone viewing the archives from
> contacting the author. Furthermore, to be effective we'll need to modify
> both the headers and the bodies of messages (many people list their email
> address in their signature, or list the email address of the person
> they're responding to in their quote attribution line), and doing so will
> break GPG signatures.
>
> Jeffrey, I'm sorry you feel you need to unsubscribe from the list over
> this issue, and I hope you'll be able to post in the future using a
> munged address if it will make you more comfortable. Again, if you
> need help, please feel free to contact plug-admin@phillylinux.org.
>
> Thanks,
> -mct
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