16 Mar
2007
16 Mar
'07
2:21 p.m.
On Thu, Mar 15, 2007 at 07:41:58PM -0700, S. Ryan wrote:
However, while it's not really above me to do the same, he could have removed the email address so spammers aren't adding to that guys list of problems.
Anti-spam strategies based on concealment and/or obfuscation of addresses are no longer viable. (For a variety of reasons, including harvesting from public sources, harvesting from private sources such as compromised systems, and the deployment of abusive, spam-supporting tactics such as callbacks/sender address verification.) Yes, I know there are counter-examples, I have my own collection of them. But they're exceptions, not the rule. ---Rsk