On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 06:41:08PM +0000, Tim Landscheidt wrote:
> "H. Langos" <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> > 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.

That's why I use address extensions. This way I can deactivate 
addresses. To stay in your metaphor I use a a different condom 
for every partner that I have sex with. If one of the condoms
gets a funny smell, I know that the person tried to give me a 
less than pleasant souvenir.
 
>   Set up a decent spam filter if you need a technical solu-
> tion, and you're done.

Now you are working in the assumption that I don't have a decent spam
filter. But a spam filter will only work if there is enough information 
that distinguishes the spam from your ham. In this case the UCE was about a
software product to visualize large amounts of data. Something that would
even pass a very well trained bayesian filter as it contained a lot of
words that are used on this list.

cheers
-henrik


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