Date: Fri, 9 May 2003 07:05:06 -0700 From: David Schultz <das@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: RE: blackmail attempt? Stable mailing list block? Message-ID: <20030509140506.GA486@HAL9000.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <200305051923.h45JNARn078543@apollo.backplane.com> References: <B3BCAF4246A8A84983A80DAB50FE72420724A2@secnap2.secnap.com> <200305051923.h45JNARn078543@apollo.backplane.com>
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On Mon, May 05, 2003, Matthew Dillon wrote: > Another interesting and cool solution, one which I might implement for > myself, is to create 'temporary return addresses' for your email and/or > published web pages which are only valid for a short period of time. I do this for Usenet. It worked quite well for a long time, but apparently Usenet spambots don't bother to create a database of addresses anymore; they just SPAM you within 24 hours of your post and move on. I don't know if you would have the same problem if you published your address on a webpage, but the only truly effective techniques seem to be filtering incoming messages and obscuring your address.
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