* Another list question @ Sean McMahon ` Joseph C. Lininger ` Kenny Hitt 0 siblings, 2 replies; 4+ messages in thread From: Sean McMahon @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. 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. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
* Re: Another list question Another list question Sean McMahon @ ` Joseph C. Lininger ` Kenny Hitt 1 sibling, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread From: Joseph C. Lininger @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: Sean McMahon, Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. -----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----- ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
* Re: Another list question Another list question Sean McMahon ` Joseph C. Lininger @ ` Kenny Hitt ` Joseph C. Lininger 1 sibling, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread From: Kenny Hitt @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: Sean McMahon, Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. 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 ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
* Re: Another list question ` Kenny Hitt @ ` Joseph C. Lininger 0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread From: Joseph C. Lininger @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. [-- 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----- ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
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