Re: modified email address in debian/copyright file
On Thu, 20 Sep 2007 09:02:34 +0200, Joerg Jaspert <joerg@debian.org>
wrote:
>You mean the foo at bar dot com value isnt parseable? I dont think it
>has any value to encode an address like this, as any little spambot can
>EASILY decode that.
Agreed.
>Same goes for those idiots with
>"foo+removeme@imtodumbsoremovethis.bar.com" addresses.
Using a plus sign in the mail address is a _very_ _very_ effective
spam filter.
|$ grep '<debian-packages@zugschlus.de>' /var/log/exim4/mainlog-20070920 | wc -l
|70
|$ grep '<mh+debian-packages@zugschlus.de>' /var/log/exim4/mainlog-20070920 | wc -l
|77
|$ grep '<debian-devel@zugschlus.de>' /var/log/exim4/mainlog-20070920 | wc -l
|44
|$ grep '<mh+debian-devel@zugschlus.de>' /var/log/exim4/mainlog-20070920 | wc -l
|81
|$
The number of messages _with_ mh+ prefix includes legitimate mail; the
messages to addresses with mh+ stripped off are all spam, rejectable
at SMTP RCPT time ("no such user").
Greetings
Marc
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