From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 23 13:40:27 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE31E16A46C for ; Thu, 23 Aug 2007 13:40:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@auscert.org.au) Received: from titania.auscert.org.au (gw.auscert.org.au [203.5.112.28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 430C013C45D for ; Thu, 23 Aug 2007 13:40:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@auscert.org.au) Received: from app.auscert.org.au (app [10.0.1.192]) by titania.auscert.org.au (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id l7NDeQ3Y004643 for ; Thu, 23 Aug 2007 23:40:26 +1000 (EST) Received: from app.auscert.org.au (localhost.auscert.org.au [127.0.0.1]) by app.auscert.org.au (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l7NDeQL8082230 for ; Thu, 23 Aug 2007 23:40:26 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@auscert.org.au) Message-Id: <200708231340.l7NDeQL8082230@app.auscert.org.au> From: Joel Hatton To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 23 Aug 2007 15:19:57 +0200." <20070823131957.GA35322@owl.midgard.homeip.net> Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 23:40:26 +1000 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.62 on 10.0.1.192 Subject: Re: spammers harvesting emaill address from this list X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 13:40:27 -0000 On Thu, 23 Aug 2007 15:19:57 +0200, Erik Trulsson wrote: >On Thu, Aug 23, 2007 at 09:11:21AM -0400, fbsd2 wrote: >> It only takes 2-3 weeks after changing my email address I use on the list >> before I start receiving spam on the new email address. >> Other non-fbsd lists I belong to remove the posters email address before the >> post gets sent to the list members. >> Why can't this list do the same thing so the posters email address don't >> show up in the archives on the news group servers where spammers harvest the >> posters email address for targeting spam to? > >Because then you would not be able to send your reply to the person asking a >question. Keep in mind that many people who post here are *not* subscribed >to the list and therefore will not be able to read answers that only go to >the list. Therefore their e-mail addresses need to be visible to everybody. Exactly. I subscribe to a _lot_ of mailing lists that allow posting (like this one), and I can't recall any of them removing sender addresses. I do expect that kind of behaviour on web forums, and that's one of the reasons I prefer mailing lists. cheers, joel