[Novalug] Free SSL Certs

[Michael Hughes]

unfortunately it's pretty easy for a spammer to parse our list
archives and replace " at " with "@".  Where else could they be
harvesting them from?  Maybe we need to resort to random characters
sprinkled throughout, or convert the email address to an image - boy I
hate spammers and the hoops they make us jump through...

On 1/30/07, TGS <spam at tachegroup.com> wrote:
> Yes, it is a normal email, and one that I use to subscribe to email
> lists.
>
> Just from this one email list alone, I was slammed by spammers who
> must have harvested it somehow.
>
>
> On Jan 25, 2007, at 7:21 AM, tux2dave at davearonson.com wrote:
>
> > b b wrote:
> >
> >> - interesting that this email address was able to post
> >> to the group... a hole in mailman?
> >> ???
> >> --- TGS <spam at tachegroup.com> wrote:
> >
> > Why is it so odd?  Looks like a perfectly normal email addy to me,
> > even though the username happens to be stuff we don't like.  I
> > don't see why mailman should be stopping it based on just the name.
> >
> > Or do you mean that you happen to know that that address happens
> > not to be subscribed to the list?  Posts from non-members would
> > indeed be a hole, since IIRC the list is set to disallow same....
> >
> > -Dave
> >
> > --
> > Dave Aronson
> > "Specialization is for insects." -Heinlein
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