Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 12:45:45 -0400 From: "Brian F. Feldman" <green@FreeBSD.org> To: des@des.no (Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?q?Sm=F8rgrav?=) Cc: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> Subject: Re: hiding e-mail adresses needed badly Message-ID: <200310161645.h9GGjj0t016455@green.bikeshed.org> In-Reply-To: Message from des@des.no (Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?q?Sm=F8rgrav?=) of "Wed, 15 Oct 2003 22:10:05 %2B0200." <xzpn0c28dpe.fsf@dwp.des.no>
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des@des.no (Dag-Erling =3D?iso-8859-1?q?Sm=3DF8rgrav?=3D) wrote: > Andrey Chernov <ache@nagual.pp.ru> writes: > > On Wed, Oct 15, 2003 at 16:02:16 +0200, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > > > And I personally think that by "hiding" the email addresses, you co= ncede > > > defeat to the spammers. I don't want to let a bunch of low-life > > > con-men decide how I can and should use the InterNet. > > It sounds heroic, but the position alone not helps to stop low-life = > > con-men's invasion. > = > Stop whining and install SpamAssassin. Seconded. I get about two spam messages a week that get through to the = inbox, and the rest picked off by SpamAssassin with a good spamfolder to = assist it with Bayesian filtering (I don't delete spam, I move it all to = the = spam folder if I see it in my inbox). Actually, you know what I'd like? = = Absolutely no protection for my address at all. I don't want it hidden o= r = obfuscated and I especially don't want hidden restrictions about who I ca= n = and can't send e-mail to/receive e-mail from dictated solely by the mail = server (i.e. can't receive mail from or send to my uncle using AOL... not= = using @FreeBSD.org as my address...) -- = Brian Fundakowski Feldman \'[ FreeBSD ]''''''''= ''\ <> green@FreeBSD.org \ The Power to Serv= e! \ Opinions expressed are my own. \,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,= ,,,,\
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