On Thu, 7 Aug 2003 22:33:06 -0700
Paul Johnson <baloo@ursine.ca> wrote:
> You don't get protection from spam. If humans can decode it, so can
> the spammers. If humans can't decode it, you're voiding functionality
> needlessly.
That's just it, while a human *can* decode it a harvester cannot. It is a
valid address. Furthermore if you think a human is going to scan the address
list to pick out/decode the addresses then, uh, whatever. But supposing a
human did it would be passed over since it is a valid address, looks like a
valid address at a passing glance and without context would NOT be caught as a
munged address.
> > "Additional Hassle for You
> > In addition, you will have some hassle trying to juggle your munged and
> > non-munged addresses, trying to remember which to use for each occasion,
> > and having to set it back and forth."
> > No extra hassle, it is essentially the same address.
> If you hit reply and have to change the address, that's needless hassle.
No extra hassle... FOR ME. I don't have to remember which address to use
in what situation. The above passage was about *me*, the poster, having to
remember to munge or not to munge.
> > Yes, but that doesn't mean that the tool should be ignored.
> Yes, I agree. Munging isn't a tool as much as it's garbage, however.
It is a tool if used properly. Come now, haven't you heard of the most
famous of munged addresses? They have a term for it. It's called a
honey-pot.
> However, what you are doing is not munging. You just have an extra
> mailbox for crap that you (hopefully) check before reporting and
> deleting.
No, it isn't an extra mailbox and no, I don't check it. It is a different
subdomain which exim is configured to reject outright. Like I said,
essentially the same address, it is valid, all the work is done on my machine,
doesn't look like it is munged to a cursory human glance.
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