spammers harvesting emaill address from this list

usleepless at gmail.com usleepless at gmail.com
Thu Aug 23 07:29:55 PDT 2007


> 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?

how about installing a proper spam-filter? you could add a chapter to
your handbook too.

myself is reading these kind of lists through gmail, and i hardly see
any spam coming by.

regards,

usleep


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