Re: people are definately starting to harvest emailadresses on this list...

[David Dyer-Bennet]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes on 28 October 2000 at 07:48:59 -0700
 > > >> through a command that checks the References in the e-mail, and if
 >  
 > > markd>  That's not a bad idea. Allbut the original harvester will not
 > > markd>  have that information - assuming most lists are sold/shared
 > > markd>  sans original content.
 > > 
 > > My Perl is a bit rusty and I'm not game to try this just yet, but how
 > 
 > I was more thinking of storing the generate Messsage-IDs in a database
 > so the test is a simple lookup.

That's more elegant in some ways, but actually I think the simply
regexp match is a better design.  It means I don't have to keep my
Message ID database up-to-date, for example.  It *is* more easily
spoofed, but I doubt enough people will use this technique to even
appear on the radar of the spammers.
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