21 Oct
2001
21 Oct
'01
3:22 a.m.
Some time ago, there was a discussion about address
munging. I've noticed
recently (ie the last few months) a large increase in spam arriving here,
possibly correlated to my postings to the list. It not a really big deal,
but I wondered if it's possible to anti-spamify my email address in list
postings?
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.
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.
Unsubscribing the spammer might slow them down a bit (at least then,
their messages would be bounced first)
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>