Re: do we want SPAM?

On Sun, 2003-01-12 at 18:28, Mirco MEEBEY Bauer wrote: > I just got spam though pear-dev@meebey.net > I never entered this email address anywhere, accept on the mailinglist request form. > The only way of getting this email address would be PHP sells the email addresses or > a spambot found > http://news.php.net/group.php?group=php.pear.dev > and was very satisfied > > Those mailinglist archives should use the no spam syntax for the email addresses or even > don't show the email address completly (only a part like pear-dev@meeb...net) > > the subject of the spammail was: "Market with mass email" > if someone else also got it, please tell us > > Mirco Bauer aka MEEBEY use bogofilter, you won't be able to filter spam without it. spam bots easily parse out "smart" forms of mail addresses. Furthermore, pear-dev is archived many more places, like nntp and theaimsgroup; smart forms of an email address do nothing but make you feel safer. -Sterling > > -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- > Version: 3.12 > GIT d s-: a--- C++ UL++>++++ P L++$>+++$ E W+++$ N o? K- w++>! O- M- V? PS > PE+ Y- PGP>++ t 5+ X++ R tv+ b+ DI? D+ G>++ e h! r>++ y? > ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ -- "The computer programmer is a creator of universes for which he alone is responsible. Universes of virtually unlimited complexity can be created in the form of computer programs." - Joseph Weizenbaum