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  • From: machett AT ibiblio.org
  • To: internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [internetworkers] anti-spam
  • Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2003 15:33:49 -0400


was doing a little research on email address obfuscation, then I found this
site which made me think the effort is pointless:

http://www.willmaster.com/possibilities/archives/wmp20020625001.shtml

I'm guessing the only real defense against the bots is either to not post
one's email address in any fashion or to use a cgi form-mail (with the
address stored on the server, not posted from the form). Neither solution is
likable when designing a site for someone with multiple addresses (sales@,
billing@, info@, head-honcho@, jobs@, service-dept@, your-name-here@, ...)

The SpamAssassin and procmail folks have offered a lot of great essentials
recently, but I like that old phrase "nip it in the bud." I'd rather the
spammers not have the email addresses in the first place, instead of trying
to stem the tidal flood of incoming crap. I'm curious; does anyone have any
stats for any given server resources allotted to dealing with spam (space,
bandwidth, cputime, whatever)?

Alan




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