On Fri, 3 May 2002, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Fri, May 03, 2002 at 02:54:25PM +1000, Daniel Pittman wrote:
> | On Thu, 2 May 2002, Duncan Findlay wrote:
> | > On Thu, May 02, 2002 at 09:35:58PM -0400, Theo Van Dinter wrote:
> | >
> | > I wonder if this particular spammer has ways around this...
> |
> | Duh. :)
>
> He's probably hoping to get a one-up on the other harvesters by
> telling people to get a false sense of security while really falling
> right into his hands.
*nod* It's the first time I have seen any confirmation of this but,
frankly, I figure that the spammers got an edge by staying dead silent
about it -- admit to it and you destroy that sense of false confidence.
[...]
> | All that does is increase the return on investment of a spammer who
> | gets a tool that strips out that sort of thing,
>
> It can't be that hard, now, can it?
Well, not for most of the things out there.
> | just like I have my mailer automatically do when it identifies the
> | style...
>
> Must not be :-).
You can make /your/ address safe by picking some gratuitously
non-standard technique for mangling things. This will generally defeat
my automated tools and, presumably, the spammers tools.
OTOH, if it's good it's going to get popular and the value goes down
proportionally to it's success.
Not that my demangler works well right now. It's missing a couple of
common techniques. :)
Daniel
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A man's worst difficulties begin when he is able to do as he likes.
-- Thomas Henry Huxley
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