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Re: spam mail fodder from public mailing lists
- From: Andrew Haley <aph at redhat dot com>
- To: Aaron Lehmann <aaronl at vitelus dot com>
- Cc: Bruce Korb <bkorb at veritas dot com>, "Joseph S. Myers" <jsm28 at cam dot ac dot uk>, GCC Development <gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 10:11:30 +0100
- Subject: Re: spam mail fodder from public mailing lists
- References: <3EA99B4B.64D71890@veritas.com><20030425234204.GH5514@vitelus.com>
Aaron Lehmann writes:
> On Fri, Apr 25, 2003 at 01:32:11PM -0700, Bruce Korb wrote:
> >
> > I used to agree. If you do a wget on this page:
> >
> > http://autogen.sourceforge.net/announce.html
> >
> > At the very bottom, you'll see indecipherable javascript gobbeldygook.
> > If you do a "view page source" on it, you'll see some HTML mailto
> > markup that email harversters never look at and if they do they
> > cannot decipher. Finally, if you x-copy and x-paste, you'll get
> > English text. Something along those lines ought to please everyone.
>
> Except lynx users, the blind, people who don't use X, and people who
> turn off javascript.
>
> One of the programmers I know is blind and I shudder to think how
> Netscape/IE-only websites are completely inaccessible to him.
You're right to point this out. One of the things we can do as Free
Software authors is lead the way in showing how opportunities to work
together are there for everyone, regrdless of disability.
Andrew.