On Thu, 23 Sep 2004, LDR wrote:
> I receive the Cygwin email lists in digest format.
>
> The email addresses are preserved in these.
>
> Isn't this unnecessary exposure?
> Can't names be harvested by subscribing to the list and then harvesting new
> addresses from each new digest?
You're giving wa-ay too much credit to spam harvesters. The idea is that
you don't have to subscribe to any lists if you can just trawl the web.
If you assume that spammers subscribe to the list, the e-mail addresses
will always be available, not just in the digests, so all bets are off.
Igor
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