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Re: Strawpoll on proper usage of @debian.org email address



On Mon, Jan 26, 2004 at 01:43:45PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote:
> > Like I said, they're random, but if they're audacious enough to send me
> > up to 2 MB of images (yes, I've had it happen -- had I not, I wouldn't
> > believe someone would ever do that), I don't see why they would somehow
> > show the courtesy of not spamming addresses used in whois.
> 
> Searched the web for joeyh@debian.org.
> Results 1 - 10 of about 33,600. Search took 0.26 seconds.
> 
> A single whois entry is a drop in the ocean.

Your point being...? One instance of publishing is quite enough to get
spammed. Sure, already published addresses will already be spammed to hell
and back, but no one ever said differently.

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