Mail Archives: cygwin/2004/08/18/14:10:21
Just FYI:
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Wardman_Michael
> Sent: 18 August 2004 07:40
> To: V.MIRCEVSKI
> Cc: cygwin
^^^^^ This is the correct way to
http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR.
[snip]
> This might explain the Windows vs. Cygwin behaviour, as they can be
> configured to have different line endings.
>
> I've had to modify a lot of scripts to run under Cygwin by adding:
> xxxx | tr -d '\r'
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-ownerXXXcygwinXXXcom [mailto:cygwinXXXownerXXXcygwinXXXcom]
On Behalf Of
^^^^^^^^^ This one you forgot to do altogether; I've replaced the
critical bits with XXX myself. Although the list has reasonable spam
filters, it still results in more spam getting sent to the mailer and more
load on the mail server.
> V.xxxxx [deleted an at symbol here] soton.ac.uk
^^^^^^^^^^ If this gets harvested, although V. MIRCEVSKI won't receive
any spam sent to it, it still contributes to the load on soton university's
servers.
> Sent: Wednesday, 18 August 2004 11:49
> To: cygwinXXXcygwinXXXcom
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Again, you forgot this one altogether.
The correct way to munge an email address is always to mangle the bit
after the at sign. You can mangle the bit before it as well if you like,
but if you don't mangle the bit afterward, you don't reduce the amount of
internet traffic from the spammers any. For more info, see
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=how+to+munge+an+email+address
cheers,
DaveK
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