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Date:	Thu, 23 Sep 2004 13:20:06 -0400
From:	Christopher Faylor <cgf-no-personal-reply-please AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: PCYMTNQREAIYR
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On Thu, Sep 23, 2004 at 12:55:29PM -0400, LDR wrote:
>I receive the Cygwin email lists in digest format.
>
>The email addresses are preserved in these.
>
>Isn't this unnecessary exposure? 
>
>Can't names be harvested by subscribing to the list and then harvesting
>new addresses from each new digest?

The spammer could just subscribe to the regular mailing list if they
wanted to see email addresses.  I don't see how the digest is any more or
less exposure.
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Christopher Faylor			spammer? ->	aaaspam AT sourceware DOT org
Cygwin Co-Project Leader				aaaspam AT duffek DOT com
TimeSys, Inc.

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