On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 06:41:08PM +0000, Tim Landscheidt wrote:
"H. Langos" <henrik-mw(a)prak.org>
wrote:
> > I'll unsubscribe and put this
address on my blacklist of burnt addresses.
> If you add a "X-Archive: encrypt"
header, gmane will encrypt your email
> addresses
http://gmane.org/tmda.php
> I guess you may read this, but you don't
make easy to reach you :)
Thank you for that hint. I'll try this when
subscribing with a different
address. We'll see if that will keep that address from getting spammed.
Working on the assumption that you could withhold email ad-
dresses from spammers is like trying to evade STDs by dating
virgins - it will not succeed.
That's why I use address extensions. This way I can deactivate
addresses. To stay in your metaphor I use a a different condom
for every partner that I have sex with. If one of the condoms
gets a funny smell, I know that the person tried to give me a
less than pleasant souvenir.
Set up a decent spam filter if you need a technical
solu-
tion, and you're done.
Now you are working in the assumption that I don't have a decent spam
filter. But a spam filter will only work if there is enough information
that distinguishes the spam from your ham. In this case the UCE was about a
software product to visualize large amounts of data. Something that would
even pass a very well trained bayesian filter as it contained a lot of
words that are used on this list.
cheers
-henrik