I get lots of spam in my yahoo inbox but gmail almost perfectly
filters all the spam out of my inbox.
On 6/17/07, terry mcintyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Spam is so prevalent that I've pretty well given up and assumed that one
will get lots of it. Fortunately,
yahoo is pretty good about filtering most of it. Certain addresses are never
used on mailing lists. Beyond
that, I just ignore the pesky stuff.
Terry McIntyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
They mean to govern well; but they mean to govern. They promise to be kind
masters; but they mean to be masters. -- Daniel Webster
----- Original Message ----
From: steve uurtamo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: computer-go <computer-go@computer-go.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2007 7:41:55 PM
Subject: Re: [computer-go] Question regarding archives and avoiding spam
(fwd)
i haven't found that i've received any additonal spam as a result of
being a member of (or of posting to) this list.
knock on wood.
s.
----- Original Message ----
From: the Robot Vegetable <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: computer-go@computer-go.org
Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2007 10:16:44 PM
Subject: [computer-go] Question regarding archives and avoiding spam (fwd)
Hi,
Today I received the email below. I have not
way of knowing if the any of the spam I get is from having
an address visible through this list. Can people who
post frequently address this? Do you experience new
spam after posting here?
I suspect that although it is possible that
our addresses are being harvested here, other places
(<cough>myspace<cough>) are easier to harvest from and from
my end more clearly correleated with spam.
In general, I have thought that spammers are
lazy and they miss out on many posibilities, things
technically easy but a bit more work than normal.
This is sheer conjecture.
The list works well - I am hesitant to change
anything.
Anyone have an opinion?
veg, computer-go admin
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2007 19:30:55 -0400
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Question regarding archives and avoiding spam
Hi,
I recently subscribed to the computer-go mailing list, and I'd really like
to join some of the discussions, but I noticed that on the archives (
http://computer-go.org/pipermail/computer-go/) only simple
email obfuscation
is used. For example "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" would appear as "johndoe at
yahoo.com".
I am afraid to post to the list, because this kind of obfuscation supposedly
makes it even easier for spammers to find my email address online. You
cannot search for the character @ on google, but if you search for "* at
*.com" you get millions of results. And more specifically if you perform the
following search:
"site:http://computer-go.org/pipermail/computer-go/ * at
*.com" then you get a lot of the email addresses of people who post to the
computer go list. Also please see the following article on this subject:
http://typewriting.org/2006/06/19/Email_Obfuscation_Helps_Spammers/
Is it possible to remove email addresses from future archives or find a
better obfuscation scheme? Or is there some personal setting I can adjust
that hides my email address?
Best regards,
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