On Tuesday 11 July 2006 12:39, Patrick Bogen wrote: > This somehow subverts the purpose of that address, though, which is to > allow outside persons to easily contact the owner of the list, without > necessarily knowing anything about the list.
Most lists seem to display the real address anyway so I am not sure how much this obfuscation step really helps: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users "Mailman-Users list run by barry at python.org, brad at python.org, mm-admin05 at equinephotoart.com" I doubt that spammers are incapable of automating searches for "foo @ domain.name". =) Cheers -- islandnet.com http://www.islandnet.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] ph: (250) 383-0096 fax: (250) 383-6698 ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp
