>
> This does not makes sense **at all**. List are suposed to be public bulletin
> boards, not private chat rooms!
>
> In any event, the writer of that paper (if you can call it that) could not give
> a sensible reason for not overrinding (or munging as he call it) the Reply-To
> header; but I will give you a single one why you should: SPAMMERS
>
> If a spammer su*scribes to the list with a generic email (a one time use like
> hotmail, yahoo, etc) and send a controversial message like "Microsoft pays
> Torvalds under the table" with the Reply-To set to his address collecting
> address; them BAM! immediately he has hundreds of email addresses (of all the
> people that replied) of people interested in Linux. Now, think about that for a
> moment ... done? ... well, what would happens if this spammer joins hundreds of
> lists nad uses a different alias address in the "Reply-To" for each category of
> lists ... guess what? ... he will end up with a database of email addresses
> already categorized by interest!
>
>
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> Eugenio Diaz, BSEE/BSCE
> Linux Engineer
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Eugenio, are you a spammer :)
