Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 23:40:26 +1000 From: Joel Hatton <freebsd-questions@auscert.org.au> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: spammers harvesting emaill address from this list Message-ID: <200708231340.l7NDeQL8082230@app.auscert.org.au> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 23 Aug 2007 15:19:57 %2B0200." <20070823131957.GA35322@owl.midgard.homeip.net>
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On Thu, 23 Aug 2007 15:19:57 +0200, Erik Trulsson wrote: >On Thu, Aug 23, 2007 at 09:11:21AM -0400, fbsd2 wrote: >> It only takes 2-3 weeks after changing my email address I use on the list >> before I start receiving spam on the new email address. >> Other non-fbsd lists I belong to remove the posters email address before the >> post gets sent to the list members. >> Why can't this list do the same thing so the posters email address don't >> show up in the archives on the news group servers where spammers harvest the >> posters email address for targeting spam to? > >Because then you would not be able to send your reply to the person asking a >question. Keep in mind that many people who post here are *not* subscribed >to the list and therefore will not be able to read answers that only go to >the list. Therefore their e-mail addresses need to be visible to everybody. Exactly. I subscribe to a _lot_ of mailing lists that allow posting (like this one), and I can't recall any of them removing sender addresses. I do expect that kind of behaviour on web forums, and that's one of the reasons I prefer mailing lists. cheers, joel
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