Simon Troup wrote:
I'd just like to chip in that if you do a search for [EMAIL PROTECTED] you get a bunch of hits from mailing lists such as PHP and Suse Linux - I didn't realise that those lists published their archives WITH email addresses to the web.
That scenario is clearly stupid and should be avoided at all costs. I now get 400+ emails a day, only about 20 of the legitimate, the rest is spam.
The very least that mailing lists should do is to withold email addresses, or make them so that email spiders cannot retrieve them. Leaving unencrypted email address in archives is completely irresponsible.
I tire of this belief that all spam is from harvested emails. A good proportion of the spam I receive (on several different accounts) is also CCed to endless permutations of my surname - all it takes is a list of first names, a list of surnames, a list of top level domains, and software. Much easier than bothering to trawl the web.
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