On Thu, Feb 21, 2002 at 09:23:51AM -0800, Chuq Von Rospach wrote: > This hits another aspect of my design philosophy. Don't sweat making one > part of the system more secure than the other parts.
And very well phrased. > In this case, you hit a nail on the head. If a spammer really, really wants > your subscribers, we can't stop him. They can simply subscribe to a list and > harvest it as it comes across. Unless you choose to anonymize every bloody > message -- a spammer will win if they're motivated enough, and a smart > spammer will do so in a way you'll never find. Like setting up a hotmail > address for each list, so you can't see that all 30 lists have the same > address in common, and simply reading messages as they come by. > > And since, inherently, you can't stop THAT, it makes no sense to make > archives more secure than that. Any spammer smart enough to be willing to > subscribe to a list to do their harvesting, you're going to have a very > tough time stopping. Basically, you have to get lucky or hope they make a > mistake or some sort. My problem is with your characterization of that as "smart". I don't think that requires a whole helluva lot of brains, myself. > Yes, I am an agent of Satan, but my duties > are largely ceremonial. Are you the guy who goes in the convenience store to get him cigarettes? Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] Member of the Technical Staff Baylink RFC 2100 The Suncoast Freenet The Things I Think Tampa Bay, Florida http://baylink.pitas.com +1 727 647 1274 "If you don't have a dream; how're you gonna have a dream come true?" -- Captain Sensible, The Damned (from South Pacific's "Happy Talk") _______________________________________________ Mailman-Developers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-developers
