| From: | Geoffrey <esoteric(at)3times25(dot)net> |
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| To: | Postgresql-General <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: To SPAM or not to SPAM... |
| Date: | 2005-06-08 02:56:16 |
| Message-ID: | 42A65E50.90602@3times25.net |
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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.
--
Until later, Geoffrey
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