Re: To SPAM or not to SPAM...

On Tue, Jun 07, 2005 at 10:56:16PM -0400, Geoffrey wrote:
> Wes wrote:
> >It seems that for some time this list has been mirrored to Usenet without
> >changing the originating email addresses. Since Usenet is spammers
> >Nirvana,
> >that one little act results in everyone that posts to the postgres lists
> >becoming SPAM fodder.
> >
> >Can something not be changed in the mailinglist-Usnet gateway such that the
> >originating email addresses are either removed or scrambled so that posting
> >to the mailing list doesn't result in your email address being plastered
> >all
> >over Usenet? People that intentionally post to Usenet generally don't use
> >a
> >replyable email address.
>
> It's not going to save you anything. If you post to a list such as
> this, there are archives of the posts that the spammers can get at just
> as easily as Usenet.

And trolling usenet for email addresses went out years ago. It was
primarily web spiders for a while, and they're still pretty big, but
email borne viruses, dictionary attacks and chinese menu address
generation are the most effective approach these days. Oh, and domain
registration information, of course.

Cheers,
Steve