From owner-cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 24 17:15:13 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D875016A41F; Fri, 24 Mar 2006 17:15:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from des@des.no) Received: from tim.des.no (tim.des.no [194.63.250.121]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB39943D49; Fri, 24 Mar 2006 17:14:58 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from des@des.no) Received: from tim.des.no (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by spam.des.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id C04592086; Fri, 24 Mar 2006 18:14:51 +0100 (CET) X-Spam-Tests: AWL,BAYES_00,FORGED_RCVD_HELO X-Spam-Learn: ham X-Spam-Score: -2.4/3.0 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.0 (2005-09-13) on tim.des.no Received: from xps.des.no (des.no [80.203.243.180]) by tim.des.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1C542085; Fri, 24 Mar 2006 18:14:51 +0100 (CET) Received: by xps.des.no (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 8C56933C8D; Fri, 24 Mar 2006 18:14:51 +0100 (CET) From: des@des.no (Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?=) To: Luigi Rizzo References: <200603241638.k2OGc2qt094713@repoman.freebsd.org> <20060324084458.A88774@xorpc.icir.org> Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 18:14:51 +0100 In-Reply-To: <20060324084458.A88774@xorpc.icir.org> (Luigi Rizzo's message of "Fri, 24 Mar 2006 08:44:58 -0800") Message-ID: <86slp7pxx0.fsf@xps.des.no> User-Agent: Gnus/5.110003 (No Gnus v0.3) Emacs/21.3 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, John Baldwin Subject: Re: email mangling (Re: cvs commit: src/bin/ls cmp.c extern.h ls.1 ls.c ls.h print.c util.c X-BeenThere: cvs-src@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the src tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 17:15:14 -0000 Luigi Rizzo writes: > On Fri, Mar 24, 2006 at 04:38:02PM +0000, John Baldwin wrote: > > Submitted by: Andrzej Tobola ato at iem dot pw dot edu dot pl > i understand that this is an attempt to prevent email harvesting, > but don't you think that such programs will be smart enough > to recognize sequences of 'foo at bar dot baz' and convert > back to regular email addresses ? :) Seconded. There is no effective defense against spam other than a good spam filter. Obfuscating email addresses like this does not deter spammers; in fact, it serves no purpose except to discourage legitimate correspondance. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no