Kevin,
I agree with what your saying, but I think what 505turbo.com is doing
is a step forward altering email addresses.. There is no doubt that
some spambots will catch it since its a widely used method, but if it
helps a little bit i'm all for it. On the other hand, having a post
with an email address you can reply to in some way or another is a
nice thing for future usage IMO. I've emailed numerous people who
posted stuff back in 99 which has been very helpful. The idea of
keeping all email addresses stored for further usage by contacting the
webmaster is OK, but what happens when the webmaster stops checking
email (like SOME webmasters out there!). I guess it would be possible
to setup the email list in a password protected section which would be
sent to any listmember who wishes to request such info. It'd be
possible, but I can't see it every happening.
/ending blabber.
~august
On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 10:31:06 +1300, Pug NZ <pug-yahoo@azorah.co.nz> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I have had this discussion previously on another list, where the moderator
> refused to do anything and left the full email address in the archives
> (wanted to know why he should do all the work involved), but heregoes any
> way.
>
> I think that it is actually best to make sure that the archives do not
> contain any useable email addresses. Even if they are mangled with _at_ etc.
> it is very easy for a spammer to find that there is a large source of emails
> in the archive, collect and modify so they work, and wham, bam thankyou
> SPAM!
>
> I think the best way (or do I actually mean the way that is the least bad?)
> is to truncate the email addresses to something like name@d.... (like Yahoo
> does). This should give an actual list member enough info to be able to look
> through their old messages to find the address, or to send a message to the
> list with a request for the person to contact them, or even ask if anyone
> else on the list has their email address.
> Of course, if there is an offline archive, all the email addresses could be
> kept there so that someone could email the webmaster for details if all
> other methods failed.
>
> If no-one has their email address any more then it probably isn't going to
> be valid anyway!
>
> A mangling method which renders them able to be reconstituted may mean that
> the processing is worthwhile for spammers because there will be a large
> number of addresses available.
>
> Regards,
> Kevin
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: august macbeth
> To: peugeot-l@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Friday, February 11, 2005 7:43 AM
> Subject: [Peugeot-L] New peugeot-L list archive
>
>
> I've noticed peugeotclub.org isn't archiving the mailing list any
> longer so i've helped 505turbo.com setup another archive we can all
> access..
>
> http://www.505turbo.com/peugeotlist.php
>
> The main, and really only difference between this and the old
> peugeotclub.org archive is that this archive changes email addresses
> so name@domain.com appears as name_at_domain.com.. This will help with
> spam for all of us..
>
> Enjoy,
> /august
>
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