Yikes! E-mail harvesting possibility?

[Edwin Gore]

What about having whatever script it is that processes the emails into the web pages simply automatically inserts "*4 random characters*" after any @ symbols that it sees. That makes it easy to see the real address, but the randomized "no spam" inserted into the middle makes it very hard to harvest an email address. Plus, @ symbols don't show up tht often in posts unless it's an email address.

Though, for off-list conversations, the email address is in the original email message, so it's not to hard to get to someone off list if you keep a couple  of days worth of list mail in your mail client.

>----- ------- Original Message ------- -----
>From: "Ken Ray" <kray at sonsothunder.com>
>To: <use-revolution at lists.runrev.com>
>Sent: Fri, 6 Jun 2003 09:14:08
>
>> It is perfectly reasonable to communicate with
>individuals
>> via the list.  If the RR list moderators could
>remove
>> e-mail addresses from the digests I belive they
>would do us
>> all a favour.
>
>Perhaps, but sometimes on-list conversations become
>off-list ones, and
>in order for someone to email someone off-list,
>they need to know what
>the person's email address is. If there is a direct
>connection between
>the email addresses on the list and an increase in
>spam, I'd agree with
>you, but until that is proven, I think it is
>beneficial to have the
>email addresses in the digest.
>
>Ken Ray
>Sons of Thunder Software
>Email: kray at sonsothunder.com
>Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/ 
>
>
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