LIST and RUNREV security

[Luis]

An alternative would be to use a system similar to what Sourceforge 
uses, where the Reply To address is noreply at sourceforge.net in all 
emails, and the senders email address is munged noreply@(I think it's 
the mail server).sourceforge.net.

Mind you, this is their Forum based system, so it wouldn't behave like 
this list.

In any case, for RunRev to have a similar functionality and maintain the 
mail list as it is (ie: Not Forum based, so the Reply To would remain as 
it is) all they'd need to do is knock out the From field when sending 
out the list messages. This sill remove any email address harvesting.

Cheers,

Luis.


Richmond Mathewson wrote:
> I don't know how this can be the list as such.
> 
> 1. Anybody, whether a member or not, can read any
> message on the use-list and see any contributor's
> e-mail address loud and clear to the top of the page.
> 
> anybody who wants to send you messages about their
> millions squirreled away in Swiss bank-accounts from
> Nigerian uncles only has to look at the use-list to
> find you! Spam-bots may not manage it; mind-you, I'm
> sure any half-competent programmer can knock together
> something to harvest the use-list in an hour or so.
> 
> so 'security' ain't in it. And, everybody knows that
> as soon as you jump in the river you will get wet -
> even dry-suits leak, a bit.
> 
> 2. I have been using my current e-mail address to send
> to the use-list for six months, I used a previous
> address (on-and-off !!!!!!!) for the same purpose for
> about 4 years. I have never received any more SPAM
> addresses since I started to use this address with the
> RR use-list.
> 
> 3. I have started changing my e-mail address about
> once a year, because sometime about the 9-month stage
> (which, if you think a minute, is the normal
> incubation period) all my Nigerian relatives start
> contacting me with tempting offers.
> 
> Don't blame the RR use-list; rather, blame yourself
> for being so 'foolish' as to have a computer connected
> to the internet at all!
> 
> sincerely, Richmond Mathewson
> 
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> 
> Save the last dance for me, and don't slip in the dogs mess on 
> the way over to take my hand.
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