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Date:      Mon, 11 Aug 1997 10:43:51 -0700 (MST)
From:      Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
To:        rgrimes@GndRsh.aac.dev.com (Rodney W. Grimes)
Cc:        fenner@parc.xerox.com, terry@lambert.org, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/etc aliases
Message-ID:  <199708111743.KAA15569@phaeton.artisoft.com>
In-Reply-To: <199708110140.SAA12999@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> from "Rodney W. Grimes" at Aug 10, 97 06:40:24 pm

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> > I disagree with the "it gives more ways for spammers to send to known
> > userids" argument if they're all aliased to "root" -- "root" is already
> > a well known userid.
> 
> But ``root'' is one almost every spammer in the world filters out as
> they KNOW that root is the one who is going to come hunting them down
> and/or filter them in major ways.  

Yeah, but a spammer who sens to "sales" is just asking to get
spammed back... 8-).

BTW: "sales" is one of those mailbox names that I would say should
remain commented by default for strict conformance.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
or previous employers.



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