Re: Junk Mail (fwd)

Kent Landfield (kent@landfield.com)
Sat, 25 Jan 1997 17:38:29 -0600 (CST)

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#
# I understand the problems for readers, but I don't agree that a good program
# can dig out E-mail addresses from above. The point is that there is NO
# universal way to fool the programs, so the programs will be very tough
# to write.

Check the faq archive at http://www.landfield.com/faqs and see how hard it is.
I have written programs to do this although not for the same purpose as the
spammer.

# The point is that they can directly grep through Reply-To: instead of From:.

Exactly.

# > Besides messing up the Periodic Postings listing and potentially confusing
# > the archiving software on RTFM, there is the effect that you will have on
# > your readership and your local Mail Administrator.
#
# For us FAQ maintainers, I guess readership and local system administration
# is a less serious problem. Messing up and confusing the archiving software
# had a more serious implication.

I'd think the readership would be the first concern. ;-)

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