Обсуждение: email obscuring
Any idea why Robert Haas's email address is not obscured in this posting: http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2009-09/msg00292.php From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> -- Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. +
On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 11:18 AM, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote: > Any idea why Robert Haas's email address is not obscured in this > posting: > > http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2009-09/msg00292.php > > From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> Hmm, that's annoying. Although, I've been winning the lottery (mostly the British lottery) about 10 times a week lately, so overall my luck seems to be holding. ...Robert
Robert Haas escribió: > On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 11:18 AM, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote: > > Any idea why Robert Haas's email address is not obscured in this > > posting: > > > > http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2009-09/msg00292.php > > > > From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> > > Hmm, that's annoying. Although, I've been winning the lottery (mostly > the British lottery) about 10 times a week lately, so overall my luck > seems to be holding. Sorry :-( Something I have learned about spammers lately is that it is enough for you to subscribe to a list and they will start sending stuff to you. You don't need to post anything. I'm not sure that email obscuring in archives of any use anymore. -- Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/ The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc.
On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 12:02 PM, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com> wrote: > Robert Haas escribió: >> On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 11:18 AM, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote: >> > Any idea why Robert Haas's email address is not obscured in this >> > posting: >> > >> > http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2009-09/msg00292.php >> > >> > From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> >> >> Hmm, that's annoying. Although, I've been winning the lottery (mostly >> the British lottery) about 10 times a week lately, so overall my luck >> seems to be holding. > > Sorry :-( > > Something I have learned about spammers lately is that it is enough for > you to subscribe to a list and they will start sending stuff to you. > You don't need to post anything. I'm not sure that email obscuring in > archives of any use anymore. It can't hurt, though. By what mechanism would they obtain the subscribers to an email list? ...Robert
Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
> On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 12:02 PM, Alvaro Herrera
> <alvherre@commandprompt.com> wrote:
>> Something I have learned about spammers lately is that it is enough for
>> you to subscribe to a list and they will start sending stuff to you.
>> You don't need to post anything. �I'm not sure that email obscuring in
>> archives of any use anymore.
> It can't hurt, though. By what mechanism would they obtain the
> subscribers to an email list?
Ask the list bot for the list of subscribers :-(
I think most lists are not configured to hand that out to just anyone,
but the majority will let a subscriber see it. So, subscribe from
any legitimate address, suck out the list, unsubscribe. A bit manual
but not exactly hard.
regards, tom lane
On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 5:14 PM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: > Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes: >> On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 12:02 PM, Alvaro Herrera >> <alvherre@commandprompt.com> wrote: >>> Something I have learned about spammers lately is that it is enough for >>> you to subscribe to a list and they will start sending stuff to you. >>> You don't need to post anything. I'm not sure that email obscuring in >>> archives of any use anymore. > >> It can't hurt, though. By what mechanism would they obtain the >> subscribers to an email list? > > Ask the list bot for the list of subscribers :-( > > I think most lists are not configured to hand that out to just anyone, > but the majority will let a subscriber see it. So, subscribe from > any legitimate address, suck out the list, unsubscribe. A bit manual > but not exactly hard. So... don't allow that? ...Robert