Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2004 17:56:39 +0200
From: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
To: Larry McVoy <lm@bitmover.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: bkbits - "@" question
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On Fri, Oct 22, 2004 at 09:26:39PM -0700, Larry McVoy wrote:

> 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?

Assuming all people who have contributed to the Linux kernel also used 
their email address at least once to mail to linux-kernel, it wouldn't 
gain much.

I had a new email address, mailed to lnux-kernel, and less than 24 hours 
later the first spam mails arrived at this address.

And the spammers aren't dumb. These @-replacements are that commen that 
I'd be surprised if they still have a significant effect.

> What are all of you doing to filter spam?

500 Spams/day
Bogofilter catches > 95%

cu
Adrian

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