On 23 May 2006 14:44, Arend-Jan Westhoff wrote: > In the last 8 hours I have received 4 spam e-mails on the forwarding > address I use exclusively for this list. > (Have never received any spam on it before.) > > This might suggest the level of obfuscation for e-mail addresses displayed > on this list needs to be upgraded.
There isn't any obfuscation if someone forgets to PCYMTNQREAIYR. http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2005-03/msg00258.html http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2006-03/msg00525.html Nor is there any generic way for the mailing list to know if your mailer adds custom X- headers with your email address in plain: http://www.cygwin.com/cgi-bin/get-raw-msg?listname=cygwin&date=2005-03&msgid=1 110016059.JPMCYAFVMHSL%40spammotel.com (although you could argue that X-Sender is commonplace enough that it should be added to the list of mungeable headers). > My current Cygwin e-mail address will self destruct within 5 minutes from > sending this e-mail. Well, I wasn't going to Cc you anyway :) cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today.... -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
