> > This is truly worrisome... I wonder if spammers today are > basically > > subscribing to mailing lists so that they receive the > e-mails (seems > > like a very obvious trick), or if they're moving to the > next level of > > "decrypting" the "encrypted / anti-spam" form of e-mail > addresses (the > > way they're displayed on the mailing list web site) > > Our email lists are mirrored onto web sites like Google, so I > am thinking they got it that way. archives.postgresql.org properly "hides" the addresses. However, they are mirrored to Usenet News, where anybody can pick them up. Much easier that way, I bet that's what most use. > > Any comments? If it is the first option above, then it feels like > > by definition there is absolutely nothing that can be done, now or > > ever :-( > > Yes, I came to that conclusion long ago. That's the bottom line, though. Spamfilters help, but only part of the way. //Magnus
