Re: Hiding email addresses from spammers on https://nm.debian.org/nmlist.php
On Fri, 03 Aug 2007, Steffen Moeller wrote:
> Non-reformatted email addresses should appear just nowhere in my
> view.
They appear almost everywhere, though. Nothing is stopping spammers
from subscribing directly to mailing lists (there are some indications
that they do this).
Frankly, the non-incidental cost of breaking all mailto: links and all
possibility of copying and pasting far outweighs the possible benifits
of blocking non-intelligent e-mail harvesting programs. [Not to
mention that address munging breaks bodies of messages and
signatures.]
This is why I've never bothered to munge addresses on the BTS, and I
don't plan on applying a patch that does so.
[At the end of the day, spammers are going to get your e-mail address.
Things like spamassassin, crm114, bogofilter, et al. are quite capable
of reducing the spam influx to managable levels.]
Don Armstrong
--
There are two types of people in this world, good and bad. The good
sleep better, but the bad seem to enjoy the waking hours much more.
-- Woody Allen
http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu
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