>> That's _why_ they obscure the email addresses. It keeps the scrapers
>> off their site. Those things eat more bandwidth than a good
>> slashdotting. It is done to protect gmane, not to protect your email
>> address!
>
> It is an option when you submit a list to GMane.  Most lists show the email
> addresses in clear text.  So this not to protect GMane but the list instead.
>
>

Interesting, thanks. I have never noticed unobscured addresses in
gmane, and I have never submitted a list. But I have come to that
conclusion based on the obscured addresses that I have seen.

In any case, we are getting off-topic, I apologize for causing that!

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