Re: gEDA-user: Spam: address harvesting from archives

[John Coppens <john@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 07 Sep 2005 19:56:11 -0700
Stephen Meier <smeier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Ales,
> 
> We apreciate all the time you have put into this project. This is an 
> issue bigger then just the geda list server and archives. It is a 
> general list server problem. My time is also rather heavily used so my 
> usual solution about issues like this is to pose the question out to 
> otther it experts. Can you tell me what software the list server is 
> running so that I can find if a suitable solution already exists?

Did you look at the message source? It says:

X-To-Get-Off-This-List: mail majordomo@xxxxxxxx, body unsubscribe
geda-user

So I suspect it's Majordomo running.

John

> 
> Again thanks for all your efforts.
> 
> Steve Meier
> 
> 
> Ales Hvezda wrote:
> 
> >[snip]
> >  
> >
> >>I havn't seen spam comming through the list server. I presume the
> >>issue is email addresses being included in the archives as well as
> >>being broadcast through the standard list emails.
> >>
> >>Can email addresses be automatically obfuscated at the list server
> >>side?
> >>
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >[ randomly responding to one of the messages in this thread ... ]
> >
> >	Most of the addresses are obfuscated already, however there
> >are few domain names (note, we are not talking about e-mail addresses)
> >in plain text.
> >
> >	Sure, it is fixable, but is it worth _my_ rather valuable
> >free time?  The answer to that would be a big resounding: "Absolutely
> >NOT". Why you ask?
> >
> >* The damage is already done 
> >* The most obvious address are obfuscated already in current archives
> >* I have better things to do
> >
> >	However, if somebody feels so strongly about this, then by
> >all means please provide me with a tested script which will go through
> >and modify all the html files to remove the plain text domain name
> >without breaking the archive.  The key points are *tested* and
> >*without breaking*.
> >
> >	Really sorry about my tone here, :( but I spend way too much
> >time on piddly administrative duties where my time would be better
> >spent fixing the software.  Better software or admin issues.  Pick any
> >ONE.
> >
> >								-Ales
> >
> >PS. Please do not post to both lists, especially if it is not gEDA/EDA
> >    software related.  That does absolutely nothing but create more
> >    e-mail load for everybody.
> >
> >
> >  
> >
>