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Hi Mark,

@18-Feb-2003, 17:34 +0100 (16:34 UK time) Mark Partous [MP] in
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MP> This will only keep amateurs from grabbing your E-mail
MP> addresses. By simply subscribing to the list, archiving the mail
MP> and extracting the addresses, one can harvest everyone's E-mail
MP> address with little effort. (1)

Actually, I disagree - completely. It is only amateurs who do what
you suggest - it is too labour intensive for the professionals. The
only "no effort" method involves "bots" that trawl web pages and
links looking for email addresses. Subscribing to mailing lists just
to harvest is a non-starter for most serious address harvesters.

MP> Nevertheless, every little bit helps to beat spammers...

 ... <snip>

MP> I will write them in white letters on a white background

Any more naive subscribers please ignore this taunt. It can't be
done in plain text :-).

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Cheers -- .\\arck D Pearlstone -- List moderator
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