On Mon, 2008-01-07 at 10:14 -0500, Art Alexion wrote: > Trying to be blunt, but not rude here, but it occurs to me that if it is > not too cumbersome to go to all of the trouble of creating new accounts > to subscribe to each list, why is it too cumbersome to add those > accounts to evolution? > > The functionality you ask for seems most useful to spammers who wish to > forge the "from" header. I would hope that evolution does NOT add this > functionality. Is there a reason why you need separate addresses for > each list and why you don't want to actually USE those accounts on your > MUA?
I'm not the original poster, but I've often wished for the same functionality. I use the many-email-address/one-domain method for spam control. Whenever I have to give out an email address to a web site or an individual/entity I don't know/trust, I make one up on the spot related to that entity (but on my own domain). Later, if I start getting spam to that address, 1) I know who sold my email address to spammers, and 2) it's trivial to shut down the source of spam by simply rejecting email to that address. Normally, I don't need to *send* email using those addresses, but occasionally I do (to reply to a legitimate query from the entity to which I've given a particular address). It's a PITA to have to add and maintain a evo "account", before I'm allowed to do so. Simply being able to edit the "From:" header in that case would be very useful. Oh, and give me a break. Providing this functionality would not in any way make Evolution a desirable platform for spammers. Spammers don't use general purpose MUAs like evolution, they use purpose-built tools for forging the "From:" header with random addresses. -- Brett Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ Evolution-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
