[wp-hackers] Re: Spam to addresses on the list

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On Wed, 05 Dec 2007 17:20:48 +1100, Viper007Bond <viper at viper007bond.com> wrote:

> Er, yeah, I meant IMAP. Thanks.
>
> BTW -- here's a solution to the spam problem: any e-mail that is sent to
> your list exclusive e-mail address that doesn't have "[wp-hackers]" as the
> beginning of the subject, have it be filtered directly into the trash.
> Problem solved. :)

The problem with that is that many people contact those on-list privately via the address.
For many here, This address will be the only one known to them, Its also the only one i get spam on though.. So its highly tempting to drump all non-mailing list messages :)

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> On 12/4/07, Computer Guru <computerguru at neosmart.net> wrote:
>>
>> But there are other archives that, quite unfortunately, don't.
>>
>> And all an email harvester has to do is subscribe to a list his or
>> herself,
>> and everyone's email is compromised - nothing anyone can do about that.
>>
>> On a sidenote - Viper, you mean IMAP, right? SMTP has been there from the
>> very beginning.....
>>
>> -CG
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: wp-hackers-bounces at lists.automattic.com
>> [mailto:wp-hackers-bounces at lists.automattic.com] On Behalf Of Viper007Bond
>> Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 8:02 AM
>> To: wp-hackers at lists.automattic.com
>> Subject: Re: [wp-hackers] Re: Spam to addresses on the list
>>
>> I too have Google host my @viper007bond.com e-mail. It's especially useful
>> since they support catchalls and now SMTP (I use their HTTP interface
>> though). Plus, the 14000 spam e-mails it's caught in the past 30 days and
>> receiving new mail notices via GTalk is nice (login with your full e-mail
>> address).
>>
>> Anyway, as for getting spam at your address, nothing anyone can do about
>> it.
>> Mailman isn't handing it out last I looked and spammers already have your
>> e-mail address via an archive, official or not.
>>
>> Google's at least makes you fill out a CAPCHA before you can see the full
>> addresses:
>>
>> http://groups.google.com/group/wp-hackers/browse_thread/thread/e1a41cebba9f2
>> 7fe
>>
>> On 12/4/07, Chris Poteet <cpoteet at siolon.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > I do hosted Gmail as well, and it is amazing.  www.google.com/a/
>> >
>> > On Dec 4, 11:43 pm, Computer Guru <computerg... at neosmart.net> wrote:
>> > > I gave up on obfuscation and security via obscurity -- I receive
>> around
>> > 1600
>> > > spam *daily* to this address which post literally everywhere.
>> > >
>> > > Solution: hosted gmail which filters out all but one or two spam per
>> > day.
>> > > Quite impressive.
>> > >
>> > > (though Gmail _does_ have false positives, I wouldn't know since I
>> never
>> > go
>> > > into the spam folder to check)
>> > >
>> > > -----Original Message-----
>> > > From: wp-hackers-boun... at lists.automattic.com
>> > >
>> > > [mailto:wp-hackers-boun... at lists.automattic.com] On Behalf Of Callum
>> > > Macdonald
>> > > Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 5:03 AM
>> > > To: wp-hack... at lists.automattic.com
>> > > Subject: [wp-hackers] Spam to addresses on the list
>> > >
>> > > G'day,
>> > >
>> > > I use individual email addresses for each mailing list I'm on. I'm
>> > > starting to get a fair bit of spam (700 in a week) to the address for
>> > > this list. Is there anything the list admins can do to improve the
>> > > situation?
>> > >
>> > > I'm guessing the standard obfuscation on list archive is probably not
>> > > sufficient to keep a smart harvester at bay. Stripping characters from
>> > > emails would probably work better, or something like that.
>> > >
>> > > I don't have a lot of time now, just wanted to float the idea.
>> > >
>> > > Cheers - Callum.
>> > >
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