Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 18:22:46 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte <wb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?= <des@des.no> Cc: Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@icir.org>, src-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.ORG>, cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: email mangling (Re: cvs commit: src/bin/ls cmp.c extern.h ls.1 ls.c ls.h print.c util.c Message-ID: <20060324172246.GC38718@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <86slp7pxx0.fsf@xps.des.no> References: <200603241638.k2OGc2qt094713@repoman.freebsd.org> <20060324084458.A88774@xorpc.icir.org> <86slp7pxx0.fsf@xps.des.no>
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On Fri, Mar 24, 2006 at 06:14:51PM +0100, Dag-Erling Smrgrav wrote.. > Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@icir.org> 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. Amen to that! -- Wilko Bulte wilko@FreeBSD.org
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