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Date:      Mon, 8 Feb 2016 07:30:46 +0100
From:      Kurt Jaeger <lists@opsec.eu>
To:        qjail1 <qjail1@a1poweruser.com>
Cc:        ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: port maintainer address
Message-ID:  <20160208063046.GV46096@home.opsec.eu>
In-Reply-To: <56B80099.3070606@a1poweruser.com>
References:  <56B56114.1000401@a1poweruser.com> <20160206063406.GP46096@home.opsec.eu> <56B80099.3070606@a1poweruser.com>

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Hi!

> I ask WHY is the 
> Freebsd ports system using a very old methodology that was designed over 
> 20 years ago, before the birth of spam.

There was spam, even more than 20 years ago.

> The majority of customer 
> websites and programming development websites all have protected their 
> user email addresses, WHY NOT FREEBSD?

Maybe because it's not a big problem in general ? It's annoying etc,
but not a big problem ?

> It's way past the time that this problem gets the attention it deserves.

If you have code and ideas on how to handle this, put in a problem
report in bugs.freebsd.org. If some activist can be found to fight
this cause, it will probably be solved.

-- 
pi@opsec.eu            +49 171 3101372                         4 years to go !



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