[COMP] Re: Admin: Privacy issues
- To: computers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 23:51:09 -0500
> > Ya, but if people spamming the list directly ever got to be a problem,
> > I'd just turn on the 'confirm' subscribe mode, which would force them to
> > have a valid email address, and a nice way for me to track them down.
> >
>
> Good point. But to play devils advocate here we both know
> that spammers aren't always entirely unsophisticated.
Argh, true, unfortunately...
> There is nothing stopping them from setting up a fraudulent
> dialup account, implementing some already-tested scripts and
> doing it from there. They do it all the time and couldn't
> care less about getting their accounts cancelled because the
> account was stolen in the first place. Easy come, easy go.
Really, when it comes right down to it, all I can do is get the headers
and forward it to their ISP anyway. It doesn't really matter *how*
they've sent the spam, I just have to deal with it. The issue here is
how we can prevent them from coming up with email addresses...
> > This brings up an interesting idea. First, I wonder if Listar (the
> > engine) has that capability built into it. Further though, I wonder if
> > it could be done by providing complete anonymity by having all messages
> > from the subscriber be posted as "Anonymous" or something. I'll have to
> > ask...
> >
>
> But everyone talking on a list shouldn't be anonymous. When perusing
> the headers don't you look at the name of the person who wrote it?
Well, not everyone would be anonymous, of course, just the few or many
that feel the need to be. And we could still show their names, just
anonymous@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx or something for their email. And no, I don't
look for the name of the person that sent it while perusing headers -- a
lot of people leave out their name, or just put in "Max" or something...
John
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