Re: To SPAM or not to SPAM... - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Geoffrey
Subject Re: To SPAM or not to SPAM...
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Msg-id 42A65E50.90602@3times25.net
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In response to To SPAM or not to SPAM...  (Wes <wespvp@syntegra.com>)
Responses Re: To SPAM or not to SPAM...  (Steve Atkins <steve@blighty.com>)
Re: To SPAM or not to SPAM...  (Richard_D_Levine@raytheon.com)
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Wes wrote:
> It seems that for some time this list has been mirrored to Usenet without
> changing the originating email addresses.  Since Usenet is spammers Nirvana,
> that one little act results in everyone that posts to the postgres lists
> becoming SPAM fodder.
>
> Can something not be changed in the mailinglist-Usnet gateway such that the
> originating email addresses are either removed or scrambled so that posting
> to the mailing list doesn't result in your email address being plastered all
> over Usenet?  People that intentionally post to Usenet generally don't use a
> replyable email address.

It's not going to save you anything.  If you post to a list such as
this, there are archives of the posts that the spammers can get at just
as easily as Usenet.

--
Until later, Geoffrey

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