Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 18:10:12 -0400 From: Glen Barber <hexidigital@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: spammers harvesting emaill address from this list Message-ID: <20070824221012.GA801@orion.hexidigital.org> In-Reply-To: <20070824102743.GB29389@wjv.com> References: <20070823231900.797EB16A539@hub.freebsd.org> <20070824102743.GB29389@wjv.com>
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> > Basically, what you (and others as well) are suggesting is that > the list maintainers do double the work so that you don't have > to bother with spam filtering. > Actually, the list maintainer has already done something to prevent spam harvesting -- something I didn't see mentioned in this 'thread' (and if it was mentioned, I appologize.) When you subscribe to (some) mailing lists, there is an option "Conceal yourself from subscriber list?" Not as powerful as filters, I agree, but it is a small thing that helps to combat spam. Also, earlier in this thread, someone mentioned about using a gmail account for mailing lists. I think it's a great idea, because that is the approach I've taken. The only problem I face with GMail, is some messages sent to mailing lists get marked as spam -- rarely. Within the past 3 months, I've received 1 actual spam message. And that is without any extra filters, other than sorting mail by label.
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