so .... just dispense with some of the RFC-822 headers?

and this would not be the same as spam because an address was provided? in the body of the message? and of course, if I were really concerned about spam, then I wouldn't include an address? but this would (obciously) not be the same as spam even though there was no return address because I ...uh... have good thoughts.... wouldn't send spam? .... is this serious? --Joe

---- Original message ---- >Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2004 17:47:39 GMT >From: bogdan romocea <br44092@GAWAB.COM> >Subject: Re: Conceal addresses against SPAM >To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU > >Even though many lists are public, I think it is very >unsatisfactory that posters' addresses are exposed. Email >addresses should ~never ever~ be exposed for spam reasons. >Whoever would want to include the contact info in a posting >could very easily do so (signature). Besides, it would be really >easy to specify your email address in a way that would make >harvesting a much more difficult job. The spammers should at >least be made to work on getting the real addresses from the >likes of #$me#$=at=domain=dot=com=don'tincludethis. > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Howard Schreier [mailto:Howard_Schreier@ITA.DOC.GOV] >Sent: Monday, February 09, 2004 11:54 AM >To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU >Subject: Re: Conceal addresses against SPAM > > >SAS-L runs on LISTSERV, not Mailman. However, the functionality >is probably >quite similar. > >There is always going to be a distinction between the >consequences of >merely subscribing and those of posting. > >If you subscribe at uga.edu, there should be no problem. Joe >Kelley has >that locked down pretty well. That's not the case at the peer >servers >(Marist, Va. Tech, Vienna). I definitely would not subscribe at >Va. Tech, >where the subscriber list is public, at least not without >setting the >CONCEAL option. > >That all has to do with the possibility of subscribers' e- mail >addresses >being harvested, then spam being sent directly to individuals. >If spam is >sent to the list and not filtered, it will be seen by >subscribers. > >Posting to the list involves a different set of issues. The >SAS-L archives >and the comp.soft-sys.sas newsgroup are public, so posters' >addresses are >exposed. People have to devise their own solutions to that. > > >On Mon, 9 Feb 2004 05:58:28 -0500, Ben Powell ><ben.powell@CLA.CO.UK> wrote: > >>Dear list, >> >>There have been many comments recently regarding spam related worms >>scraping this list for email addresses that return to haunt posters to the >>list, sometimes filling their inboxes with tsunamis of unwanted junk mail, >>often laced with worm attachments. >> >>I wondered out loud why the addresses could not be concealed? Here is an >>example of how this can be done: >> >>"Conceal yourself from subscriber list? >>When someone views the list membership, your email address is normally >>shown (in an obscured fashion to thwart spam harvesters). If you do not >>want your email address to show up on this membership roster at all, select >>Yes for this option. " >>http://www.ssc.com/mailman/options/linux-list >________________________________ >15 Mbytes Free Web-based and POP3 >Sign up now: http://www.gawab.com