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Re: spam mail fodder from public mailing lists
- From: Aaron Lehmann <aaronl at vitelus dot com>
- To: Gray Watson <gray dot resp at 256 dot com>
- Cc: gcc at gnu dot org
- Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 10:45:43 -0700
- Subject: Re: spam mail fodder from public mailing lists
- References: <m198kdD-0008x8C@outside.256.com>
On Thu, Apr 24, 2003 at 01:35:35PM -0400, Gray Watson wrote:
> Hey:
>
> So yesterday I spidered your public mailing lists on:
>
> http://gcc.gnu.org/lists.html
>
> I was able to get 38000 email addresses (probably ~10000 of which are
> valid). This is a gold mine for spam email spiders.
Obfuscating email adresses is giving in to spammers. It's silly and a
few minutes of perl education is enough to decipher "foo at bar dot
com" or whatever non-computer-readable format people use. I'd rather
that people held spammers accountable for their actions rather than
hide from them. Of course, it isn't easy.