"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


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