Messages in this thread |  | | From | (david parsons) | Subject | Re: UseNet Gateway One Way ok? | Date | 28 May 1997 17:36:10 -0700 |
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In article <199705260742.DAA03080@defiant.interpath.net>, Ricky Beam <root@defiant.interpath.net> wrote: >Letting the chips far where they may, I quote david parsons: >> >> If it's a one-way feed, it could be set up to mangle headers so that >> only a human can figure them out. Rot13 the from: address, or put >> spaces in it, or anything along those lines. >> > >Unlikely... unless a human is constantly mangling the headers in such a >way as to prevent any logical way to detect how it was manged, then a computer >could be programmed to de-mangle the headers. The only sure way is to remove >them entirely!
(this is my last post on this subject, honest!)
You're assuming as case where this is the only game in town, though; in reality, the mailing list people have such a large pool of uncloaked addresses that if you keep yourself even slightly ahead of the game, they won't bother.
____ david parsons \bi/ But they do look in signatures: abuse@localhost \/
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