From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Dec 24 18:36:43 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D203037B401 for ; Tue, 24 Dec 2002 18:36:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from post-20.mail.nl.demon.net (post-20.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.1]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0DA4843EA9 for ; Tue, 24 Dec 2002 18:36:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cls@raggedclown.net) Received: from [212.238.197.102] (helo=mailhost.raggedclown.net) by post-20.mail.nl.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1) id 18R1PU-000JW5-00 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org; Wed, 25 Dec 2002 02:36:40 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mailhost.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Mail Gateway [dawn]) with ESMTP id 674ED1640 for ; Wed, 25 Dec 2002 03:36:39 +0100 (CET) Received: from willow.raggedclown.net (willow.raggedclown.intra [192.168.1.10]) by mailhost.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Mail Gateway [dawn]) with ESMTP id 9EC44EC5 for ; Wed, 25 Dec 2002 03:36:27 +0100 (CET) Received: by willow.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Host [willow], from userid 1009) id D8042225D9; Wed, 25 Dec 2002 03:36:27 +0100 (CET) Date: Wed, 25 Dec 2002 03:36:27 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: email addresses used for lists [was: L0phtcrack] Message-ID: <20021225023627.GB31992@raggedclown.net> References: <86wulznnvc.fsf@ralf.artlogix.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <86wulznnvc.fsf@ralf.artlogix.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS 0.3.12pre8 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Dec 24, 2002 at 12:49:43PM -0800, Ken McGlothlen wrote: > "Jimi Thompson" writes: > > | That way when I start getting Viagra or penis enlargment offers (and God > | knows I need 'em ;)) addressed to bestbuy@mydomain.com, I can voice a loud > | and provable complaint. > > Wellllll, unfortunately, you might be falsely accusing Best Buy, since it's > likely to get hit on a Rumplestiltskin attack. Far better to include a random > string in the address, such as > > bestbuy-r1cuisgafmjp@mydomain.com > Except of course you may find your mail filtered out, or highly scored as Spam itself using this technique. -- Regards Cliff Sarginson The Netherlands [ This mail has been checked as virus-free ] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message