Another list question

Another list question

[Sean McMahon]

someone from another mailing list I'm on warned me to not quote the full email
addresses of people when I send mail to the list.  This individual stated that
spammers use addresses from list archives to spam people.  Is this a real
problem and is there information on how to properly filter address display for
lists in mutt or pine?  Obviously,  something would have to show up in the
headers of a message for the mail to be sent.

Re: Another list question

[Joseph C. Lininger]

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

It is true that spammers do fish in email archives to get email
addresses. When quoting, remove the email addresses if they appear.

- --
It's not one damn thing after another, it's the same damn thing over and
over. (History repeats itself)
Joseph C. Lininger
jbahm@pcdesk.net
Verification: 5eab38a77ac40416e075be8f50607ff7

And so it came to pass that on Tue, 26 Jul 2005, Sean McMahon said

> someone from another mailing list I'm on warned me to not quote the
full email
> addresses of people when I send mail to the list.  This individual
stated that
> spammers use addresses from list archives to spam people.  Is this a
real
> problem and is there information on how to properly filter address
display for
> lists in mutt or pine?  Obviously,  something would have to show up in
the
> headers of a message for the mail to be sent.
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
>

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (MingW32)

iD8DBQFC5rOCJ6dqn0mqPbARAv4rAJ4vrPiwh21MR5x1AhFiomG/dP1s4ACgtzGG
t2LscBJh5uua/tdyq9yZFsw=
=tqdQ
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

Re: Another list question

[Kenny Hitt]

Hi.

I've seen the same advice.  Usually, it suggest changing the address so
it is more difficult for software to figure out it is an address.  I
don't know of any option in mutt that would allow this to happen
automatically.  The advice is in files from years back and refered to
news groups.

You're right about the info still being in the headers.  Unless the list
software removes it before archiving, you can get the info by searching
the archives of a list.

Basically, I don't worry about it.  All my addresses have been around
long enough that I will get spam on all of them.  I just make sure to
teach my spamassassin to ässassinate" any new spam, make sure my
mail server can't be used by spammers,  and go on about my life.

Hope this helps.
          Kenny
	  
On Tue, Jul 26, 2005 at 12:35:28PM -0700, Sean McMahon wrote:
> someone from another mailing list I'm on warned me to not quote the full email
> addresses of people when I send mail to the list.  This individual stated that
> spammers use addresses from list archives to spam people.  Is this a real
> problem and is there information on how to properly filter address display for
> lists in mutt or pine?  Obviously,  something would have to show up in the
> headers of a message for the mail to be sent.
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup

Re: Another list question

[Joseph C. Lininger]

[-- Warning: decoded text below may be mangled, UTF-8 assumed --]
[-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain; charset=x-unknown; format=flowed, Size: 2428 bytes --]

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

Also, don't forget that if you change your From address, most list
managers will reject your message. They allow posts from subscribed
users only. Mailman also has a feature that conceals addresses in
archives which helps.

- --
It's not one damn thing after another, it's the same damn thing over and
over. (History repeats itself)
Joseph C. Lininger
jbahm@pcdesk.net
Verification: 5eab38a77ac40416e075be8f50607ff7

And so it came to pass that on Tue, 26 Jul 2005, Kenny Hitt said

> Hi.
>
> I've seen the same advice.  Usually, it suggest changing the address
so
> it is more difficult for software to figure out it is an address.  I
> don't know of any option in mutt that would allow this to happen
> automatically.  The advice is in files from years back and refered to
> news groups.
>
> You're right about the info still being in the headers.  Unless the
list
> software removes it before archiving, you can get the info by
searching
> the archives of a list.
>
> Basically, I don't worry about it.  All my addresses have been around
> long enough that I will get spam on all of them.  I just make sure to
> teach my spamassassin to ässassinate" any new spam, make sure my
> mail server can't be used by spammers,  and go on about my life.
>
> Hope this helps.
>          Kenny
>
> On Tue, Jul 26, 2005 at 12:35:28PM -0700, Sean McMahon wrote:
>> someone from another mailing list I'm on warned me to not quote the
full email
>> addresses of people when I send mail to the list.  This individual
stated that
>> spammers use addresses from list archives to spam people.  Is this a
real
>> problem and is there information on how to properly filter address
display for
>> lists in mutt or pine?  Obviously,  something would have to show up
in the
>> headers of a message for the mail to be sent.
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Speakup mailing list
>> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
>> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
>
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
>

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (MingW32)

iD8DBQFC5udyJ6dqn0mqPbARAollAKDlo0O7qfkjK6BqFv/3BhZtuwqtEQCg6532
34gwt/wlg/CPi3nbn3PWOg8=
=A5Kz
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----