Messages in this thread |  | | | From | Måns Rullgård <> | | Subject | Re: bkbits - "@" question | | Date | Sat, 23 Oct 2004 12:43:09 +0200 |
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Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@linux01.gwdg.de> writes:
>>> * Larry McVoy asked: >>> The web pages on bkbits.net contain email addresses. This is >>> probably about a 4 year too late question but would it help reduce >>> spam if we did something like s/@/ (at) / for all those addresses? >>> >>> * Christoph Hellwig answered: >>> No. >> >>Why not, please? > > Counter-example... when I stopped posting to NNTP, the amount of spam also > decreased. Probably because the bots only skim a fixed timeperiod. In a long > term, I think it's a good choice to replace it. Maybe some PHP magic that > either puts <at>, [at] or (at) randomly there for each page request.
What's to stop the bots from matching each of those patterns? I have been using my address openly on mailing lists and USENET for years, and the spam level has stabilized on a manageable level. It's only during the outbreak of new viruses that the levels get annoyingly high, but those are easily filterable.
-- Måns Rullgård mru@mru.ath.cx
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