>>>>> "Ralf" == Ralf Döblitz <doeblitz@selene.escape.de> writes:
>> And the overview command doesn't send the Reply-To header.
Ralf> XHDR exists and works just fine. The easiest way to harvest
Ralf> addresses is to connect to a newsserver, enter a group and
Ralf> send:
Ralf> XHDR from -
this works, and is fast
Ralf> XHDR reply-to -
this only works on a proportion of systems, is often excessively slow,
and tends to thrash the server hard enough to attract attention.
I've looked at the operation of a couple of email-address-harvester
packages (in an attempt to discover whether I could hack my server to
detect their use), and found that they use XOVER rather than XHDR.
Ralf> This is the most inexpensive way to get tha data. Munging
Ralf> addresses simply does not work, you won't reduce the amount of
Ralf> spam with it, you will just have it sent to other users (or
Ralf> admins).
The evidence is quite clear that using a correctly munged address,
where the address has _not_ been previously posted either unmunged in
From headers or on the web, is extremely effective in reducing spam at
that address. Furthermore, using an unmunged reply-to attracts very
little spam indeed.
Remember that the overwhelming majority of spammers are _stupid_.
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