From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Spam prevention Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2004 21:32:09 -0400 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <20040405013209.GA1362@fencepost> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1081129133 2186 80.91.224.253 (5 Apr 2004 01:38:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 01:38:53 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, Stefan Monnier , rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Mon Apr 05 03:38:47 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BAJ4Y-0001aq-00 for ; Mon, 05 Apr 2004 03:38:46 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BAJ4Y-00059g-00 for ; Mon, 05 Apr 2004 03:38:46 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BAJ16-0001aK-K6 for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Sun, 04 Apr 2004 21:35:12 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1BAJ03-0000Qp-5J for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 04 Apr 2004 21:34:07 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1BAIz5-0007m0-4p for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 04 Apr 2004 21:33:38 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BAIyN-000722-IJ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 04 Apr 2004 21:32:23 -0400 Original-Received: from miles by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.24) id 1BAIy9-00015n-6m; Sun, 04 Apr 2004 21:32:09 -0400 Original-To: "Kim F. Storm" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Blat: Foop X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:21262 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:21262 On Mon, Apr 05, 2004 at 04:04:32AM +0200, Kim F. Storm wrote: > > > Do people think this is worth even trying? > > I certainly don't. > Me too. Agreed, that kind of obfuscation is often more annoying than it is helpful, and I think this is one such case. I also object to it out of principle -- I don't want to add gross hacks all over the place because of idiots like spammers, and I find that conventional spam filtering seems to work well enough that it's not really necessary (I've _never_ obfuscated my email address, and have been using the same widely exposed address many many years, but spam is nothing more than a minor background irritation). -Miles -- Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur.