Greg Shirey wrote:
That shouldn't be so. Darren obscures the email addresses before they are
forwarded to the newsgroup. From his Administrivia post of 16 Oct 2003:
"As you know, all postings to IBM-MAIN get ported to the newsgroup
bit.listserv.ibm-main. This has
caused everyone who posts to the list to start receiving large amounts of
spam. I have made a change to the postings that get sent to the newsgroup.
Newsgroup readers will notice that the email address of the poster has
been altered slightly. I'm hoping this small change will reduce the amount
of spam we all receive when we post. If the spammers figure out what I'm
doing, I'll modify the email address again or remove the email address
completely. We'll see what happens over time. Enjoy."
http://bama.ua.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0310&L=ibm-main&P=R55459&I=1&X=575CF1119
C01367E07
Greg Shirey
Ben E. Keith Company
Yes, but those of us who use the listserv still get the email
address of the sender, e.g.:
Greg Shirey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
[I've changed part of the above to keep in the spirit of the
discussion.] so those are available to harvesting.
Kind regards,
-Steve Comstock
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