[Wikipedia-l] The "wikidown" address

[Erik Moeller]

> The "wikidown" address just got spammed. Since there's no way
> to get off of spammers' lists once on, that pretty much demands
> that we change it. Further, whatever means we are using to
> announce that address to human beings should probably be fixed
> to make it less friendly to address-sucking bots.

What about spamassassin? It's a pretty decent filter that should catch  
most of the spam. Getting and staying off spammers' lists seems like a  
futile exercise, and many people have now memorized the wikidown address.

Regard,

Erik