On 08/08/2022 12:59, Dan Purgert wrote:
dn wrote:
On 06/08/2022 11.41, avi.e.gr...@gmail.com wrote:
I wonder if someone is pulling our leg as they are sending from an
invalid email address of "GB <NOTsomeone@microsoft.invalid>" which is
a bit sick.
There are a number of folk who use evidently false email addresses - the
OP's had me amused.
Such 'hiding' is a matter for the List-Admins (thanks for all the work
exerted on our behalf!) and how it fits with the Code-of-Conduct.
Invalid sending addresses (email@somewhere.invalid) are a standard
practice in Usenet, to combat bots scraping posts for email addresses
(remember, Usenet predates basically all spam prevention tech).
As there is a gateway between the mailing lists and Usenet, I *imagine*
that the use of said invalid addresses are within the rules -- I mean,
if they weren't, the maintainers wouldn't keep the two lists
connected.
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The history in my case is as follows:
Years ago, I used Outlook Express, and, for setting up NG access, they
suggested an example email address: some...@microsoft.com.
I did not want to give my true email address, lest it be 'scraped', so I
used: notsome...@microsoft.com. I added the NOT, to avoid misleading
people.
Later, I was prevailed upon to change com to invalid.
List admins? This particular NG appears to be blessedly free of spam,
but I hadn't realised it is moderated?
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