On Tue, Jul 10, 2001 at 07:20:20AM -0700, Eugenio Diaz wrote:
> If a spammer su*scribes to the list with a generic email (a one time use like
> hotmail, yahoo, etc) and send a controversial message like "Microsoft pays
> Torvalds under the table" with the Reply-To set to his address collecting
> address; them BAM! immediately he has hundreds of email addresses (of all the
> people that replied) of people interested in Linux. Now, think about that for a
> moment ... done? ... well, what would happens if this spammer joins hundreds of
> lists nad uses a different alias address in the "Reply-To" for each category of
> lists ... guess what? ... he will end up with a database of email addresses
> already categorized by interest!
And even if you unset the Reply-To field the spammer still gets your address.
It's on the From: field. Or perhaps even your signature. So changing the
Reply-To field doesn't protect us from spammers.
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Ben Reser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Wizard's First Rule - People are stupid, they will believe anything
if they want it to be true or they fear it is true - Terry Goodkind
