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Subject: Re: bkbits - "@" question
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Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@linux01.gwdg.de> writes:

>>> * Larry McVoy asked:
>>> The web pages on bkbits.net contain email addresses.  This is
>>> probably about a 4 year too late question but would it help reduce
>>> spam if we did something like  s/@/ (at) / for all those addresses?
>>>
>>> * Christoph Hellwig answered:
>>> No.
>>
>>Why not, please?
>
> Counter-example... when I stopped posting to NNTP, the amount of spam also
> decreased. Probably because the bots only skim a fixed timeperiod. In a long
> term, I think it's a good choice to replace it. Maybe some PHP magic that
> either puts <at>, [at] or (at) randomly there for each page request.

What's to stop the bots from matching each of those patterns?  I have
been using my address openly on mailing lists and USENET for years,
and the spam level has stabilized on a manageable level.  It's only
during the outbreak of new viruses that the levels get annoyingly
high, but those are easily filterable.

-- 
M?ns Rullg?rd
mru@mru.ath.cx

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