Is this over-reacting a bit. I have had one email from alexa (about 3/4 weeks ago). If it starts to become a real problem then do something about it - until then I would think we all have more important things to worry about.
Paul www.sandersonforensics.com skype: r3scue193 twitter: @sandersonforens Tel +44 (0)1326 572786 http://sandersonforensics.com/forum/content.php?195-SQLite-Forensic-Toolkit -Forensic Toolkit for SQLite email from a work address for a fully functional demo licence On 28 October 2015 at 19:42, SQLite <sqlite-users at mailinglists.sqlite.org> wrote: > On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 11:22 AM, General Discussion of SQLite Database < > sqlite-users at mailinglists.sqlite.org> wrote: > >> On 28.10.2015 18:52, General Discussion of SQLite Database wrote: >> >>> Hence, we have token the radical approach of denying the sender email >>> address to*everyone*. >>> >> >> Could you preserve the sender's name in the from header instead of >> substituting the generic "General Discussion of SQLite Database"? >> >> This would make it possible to automatically highlight messages by author, >> i.e. the SQLite dev team. > > > My suggestion is to go whole-hog and find a mailing-list system or host > which allows routing return addresses back through the server. It could be > blob-7fe742b at mailinglists.sqlite.org , or it could even use info stripped > from the email, so ScottHess-7fe742b at mailinglists.sqlite.org. The basic > goal being to have a readable part and an unpredictable part. Then people > abusing the system in simple ways can be directly identified. [If the > spammer is going to spend time looking up old email addresses, then > changing the list policies will take a long time to help, much, since there > are years of addresses already out there.] > > Another option would be to have the server forward emails with various > delays so that when people report spam you could (maybe) figure out by the > timing which subset of recipients were at fault. > > Personally, I'd rather know who's communicating on the channel and deal > with periodic spam. > > -scott (shess at google.com) > _______________________________________________ > sqlite-users mailing list > sqlite-users at mailinglists.sqlite.org > http://mailinglists.sqlite.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users