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Date:      Fri, 27 Feb 2004 15:23:58 +0900
From:      Sangwoo Shim <ssw@neo.redjade.org>
To:        Ceri Davies <ceri@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        www@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Someone modifies From: field of mail and send them to lists.
Message-ID:  <20040227062358.GA8893@neo.redjade.org>
In-Reply-To: <20040225100623.GW45593@submonkey.net>
References:  <20040225080105.GA635@neo.redjade.org> <20040225100623.GW45593@submonkey.net>

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On Wed, Feb 25, 2004 at 10:06:23AM +0000, Ceri Davies wrote:
[...]
> I think it's much more likely that they are harvesting on freebsd-bugs@,
> where most PRs get sent automatically (they all end up on one list or
> other).  A quick look doesn't show much evidence of this happening via
> the webserver.
> 
> > Can the pr pages be modified to convert originators' email like this:
> > someone@somewhere.com -> someone at somewhere.com ?
> 
> While this could possibly be done on the webpages, it will never happen
> within the database itself and therefore will not stop address
> harvesting from the mailing lists, so I suspect it would be ineffective.
> 
> Ceri
> -- 

Well then, I have no choice but canceling the spams as soon as possible
to unburden the moderater a bit. :-) Thanks for your comments.



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