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Re: [LUG] spammers abusing From:

 

Hi Tom,

On Sun, Dec 09, 2007 at 11:02:28PM +0000, tom wrote:
> Ive just set up a key published it to a key server
> and installed enigmail on icedove.
> 
> However one thing intrigues me ... your key is signed by many people, so
> if I retrieve all their keys from the key server then I will have all
> their email addresses. Is this not a way for spammers to build up large
> databases of email address ?

There is that risk.  Putting an email address is just a convention
though; you don't have to.

Cheers,
Andy

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