Re: List online archives and spam

Greg Sabino Mullane <greg@turnstep.com>

From: greg@turnstep.com
To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Date: 2003-02-07T15:00:55Z
Lists: pgsql-general
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> The problem is that I've had ppl request that the mail'ng address be
> mailto:'d so that they can reply to someone's mail if they find it in a
> search of the archives ...

Hmmm...I have little sympathy there. A simple cut-n-paste or even actually 
typing in the email address yourself does not seem like that high of 
a hurdle.

> .... now, that said, if someone knows what (if?) I can add to the mhonarc
> resource file in order to 'mask' the addresses, I'd be willing to make the
> change as well as regenerate the existing archives ...

Fair enough! This is what I came up with:

http://www.oac.uci.edu/indiv/ehood/MHonArc/doc/resources/spammode.html

and also:

http://www.oac.uci.edu/indiv/ehood/MHonArc/doc/resources/mailtourl.html


FWIW, [mostly for the Steves], I am well aware of how spambots work and the 
relative effectiveness of hiding email addresses.


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