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Re: [LUG] avoiding the evil empire

 

Neil Williams wrote:
> If you check the archive, you will see that the archival process
> (mhonarc), obfuscates all email addresses before writing any bytes.
>
> http://www.dcglug.org.uk/archive/2008/03/msg00086.html
>
> (domains are replaced with xxxxxx and links use DOMAIN.HIDDEN).
>
> Only DCGLUG members can view your email details.
>
> Spammers don't need to trawl archives with spiders - any email address
> that has been used for any mailing list will eventually receive spam.
> There's no need for DCGLUG to make that any easier so I use the email
> obfuscation support in MHonArc but it can't stop any spam getting sent
> to your list address.
>   
Fair enough, thanks Neil.  It wasn't an accusation (apologies if it 
sounded like one) just an enquiry.

Kind regards,

Julian

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