From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 24 22:10:12 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 73C9916A468 for ; Fri, 24 Aug 2007 22:10:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hexidigital@gmail.com) Received: from py-out-1112.google.com (py-out-1112.google.com [64.233.166.177]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E3D513C458 for ; Fri, 24 Aug 2007 22:10:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hexidigital@gmail.com) Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id u77so1815645pyb for ; Fri, 24 Aug 2007 15:10:11 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:received:date:from:to:subject:message-id:mail-followup-to:references:mime-version:content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; b=cFWHYAvDe24W6ykGG4p4UekgFFLY/O5wh97yqNImSd5lfyWhF/tMtxGJhmOJ/oHM7GCb+dZEkqo9xvhVjev/Cx9xBisBUz8MdUUvQNMJpkrBDuk0BVynRBbvhW21KKyZ8jjp7bzmvzbNZnKAWoo0hy6AsUCxfqDUf/1IRXdmWq0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:date:from:to:subject:message-id:mail-followup-to:references:mime-version:content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; b=EJOEH0LUxEqe0o1Z8Z+ys/L5DmGd8SEsukUt1fLfBwc+e1jMRwDoLxWAyWpqrDwVbY9dpjLFZJPSMPFqXpqo3mrkVkHjw2rmVxqDElGSc0WtQqGOJmSvUXRlsIzIp/LjfW9cgxDfnLaxdOmyFpDWmQh4Gk9Jdjnwb39bNv2x0NY= Received: by 10.35.103.6 with SMTP id f6mr3964097pym.1187993410666; Fri, 24 Aug 2007 15:10:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hexidigital.org ( [24.229.62.9]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id u62sm2948351pyb.2007.08.24.15.10.08 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 24 Aug 2007 15:10:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gbarber by hexidigital.org with local (Exim 4.67 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1IOhM4-0001Xy-T2 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 24 Aug 2007 18:10:12 -0400 Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 18:10:12 -0400 From: Glen Barber To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20070824221012.GA801@orion.hexidigital.org> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20070823231900.797EB16A539@hub.freebsd.org> <20070824102743.GB29389@wjv.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070824102743.GB29389@wjv.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Subject: Re: spammers harvesting emaill address from this list X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 22:10:12 -0000 > > Basically, what you (and others as well) are suggesting is that > the list maintainers do double the work so that you don't have > to bother with spam filtering. > Actually, the list maintainer has already done something to prevent spam harvesting -- something I didn't see mentioned in this 'thread' (and if it was mentioned, I appologize.) When you subscribe to (some) mailing lists, there is an option "Conceal yourself from subscriber list?" Not as powerful as filters, I agree, but it is a small thing that helps to combat spam. Also, earlier in this thread, someone mentioned about using a gmail account for mailing lists. I think it's a great idea, because that is the approach I've taken. The only problem I face with GMail, is some messages sent to mailing lists get marked as spam -- rarely. Within the past 3 months, I've received 1 actual spam message. And that is without any extra filters, other than sorting mail by label.