22 Oct
2001
22 Oct
'01
7:39 a.m.
On Sun, 21 Oct 2001, Chris wrote:
This (mine) email address is ONLY used for list
subscriptions. I
recieve NO outside spam to this address. That tells me that no one has
harvested addresses from the list (or any list I am on). HOWEVER... I
do recieve from time to time spam addressed TO the list (and thus it
ends up at this address). No amount of address obscuring to solve
that, as it isn't addressed to "you" but to the list, and thus proxied
to you.
Just for the record, ditto. This address is only used for list traffic
and aside from the spam posted directly to the list, it is remarkably spam
free.
Not that I am against address obscuring (since this
list replies to
the list, and not to the person, so it doesn't become an annoyance).
Just thought I would mention my findings on the topic.
But for people using the archives for research it would be nice to be able
to e-mail the original poster (unless the address obscuring we're talking
about will not completely remove the e-mail address from the message).
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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