Op zaterdag 27-03-2010 om 08:26 uur [tijdzone +0530], schreef || स्वक्ष || : > > You know, a clever spammer would subscribe with a gmail address and you > > would never even think about it... > > I agree but these are more clever. Its completely automated and maybe > via gmail its harder to use a script to automate the id harvest as > compared to your own server, where you can use a script to harvest the > email id's that drop in your mailbox. IIRC, gmail will timeout** > quickly if you try a complete download of your mailbox, depending on > its size. </thinking out loud>
Gmail offers access over POP3 or IMAP4 and both protocols have commands to only download the most important headers like To:, CC:, From:, etc. So you don't even have to download all the mails and it's more efficient than running your own server... (e.g. gmail will also filter out most spam). > ** this can be an isp and slow bandwidth issue too. I'm sure spammers can better afford non-slow ISPs than avarage users... :-/ -- Jan Claeys -- loco-contacts mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts
