Re: Spam because of this list
Munging does not mean only removing the domain. It can be simply a matter of
making joe@user.or.jp into joe at user dot or dot jp. That's not too hard for
someone to figure out.
On Monday 06 October 2003 13:16, kosh wrote:
> On Monday 06 October 2003 09:19, Antiphon wrote:
> > It is bad practice that the Debian listservs do not munge addresses. I
> > realise that munging may not be implemented because people like to be
> > able to respond to old threads privately but simply providing a mechanism
> > as simple as spelling out domain suffixes and removing at signs would do
> > the job nicely.
>
> I disagree with this idea and I don't want the addresses munged. It is very
> useful being able to reply to someone and I will just hit reply to reply to
> someone. If the mail bounces I won't waste any more time contacting them.
> Overall not one list that I am on munges email addresses and when people do
> it to their own addresses they often end up getting no help at all. I see
> that on the python and zope lists a fair bit.
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