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Date: Sun, 27 Oct 1996 23:59:53 -0500
Message-Id: <199610280459.XAA18614@delorie.com>
From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
To: elf AT netcom DOT com
CC: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
In-reply-to: <199610272046.MAA23036@netcom20.netcom.com> (elf@netcom.com)
Subject: Re: DJ, can we configure list...

> to eliminate our mail addresses?  The RedHat axp list does this.  None
> of the exchanges on the list have people's return addresses.  All
> responses are automatically routed to the list.

My comment on this is that it eliminates the opportunity to take the
conversation off-line, since nobody can get to you other than through
the mailing list.  I'm also a little paranoid about messing with the
mailing list setup, considering the amount of traffic it gets.

> Why?  I'm getting spammed at my login address about ten times a week.

Better you than the djgpp mailing list and newsgroup.

> My guess is that these people are still culling their lists from
> newsgroups.  While I have seen that there is hope for legal solutions
> to the spamming virus, I wouldn't mind losing email addresses on our
> list responses as an additional deterrent.

Hit "d".  I don't see how one or two extra keystrokes a day warrants
rewriting my mailing list software and losing the identity of the
poster.

If it really bothers you, switch to Emacs, Netscape mail/news, or some
other agent that allows you to specify a bogus return e-mail address,
like "dont-spam-me AT you DOT bonehead".  That's better than having the djgpp
list itself get onto the spammer's mailing lists!

DJ

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