"H. Langos" <[email protected]> wrote: >> > After being subscribed to the list for two weeks and posting three mails on >> > one subject I received spam on the address that I used to subscribe/post.
>> > Either address harvesters are adapting to read the "name at domain" format >> > that is used in the archive, or they auto-subscribe to mailinglists to get >> > addresses from the traffic, or the news gateways leaks addresses, or >> > whatever... >> > I'll unsubscribe and put this address on my blacklist of burnt addresses. >> If you add a "X-Archive: encrypt" header, gmane will encrypt your email >> addresses http://gmane.org/tmda.php >> I guess you may read this, but you don't make easy to reach you :) > Thank you for that hint. I'll try this when subscribing with a different > address. We'll see if that will keep that address from getting spammed. Working on the assumption that you could withhold email ad- dresses from spammers is like trying to evade STDs by dating virgins - it will not succeed. Set up a decent spam filter if you need a technical solu- tion, and you're done. Tim _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
