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Article #289Re: Any Mac Anti-spam software?
From: Denis Wright
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 1998 00:00
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 1998 00:00
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Kevin <see@my.sig> wrote: > *BUT*, I don't think they are "into" searching message bodies yet....I > could be wrong. If I were a SPAMer, I'd get the most bang for my buck just > scanning headers. You could be right on the last statement. Even so, they don't have to search the message bodies. They could just harvest the headers, whack them into a word-processor a meg at a time, run a couple of macros and thus increase their hit rate substantially. Mind you, anyone who took the trouble to munge their address isn't too likely to be interested in what the spammers want to sell. > That's why I compromise with the munge I have. Anything more complicated > may just as well make it impossible for legitimate people to reply, for > all intents and purposes. Of course, I may just start leaving off the > reply-to altogether (header *or* sig) if it gets *that* bad. > > > kevin at quosig dot com Well, it would fool a search and replace operation much easier and be just as effective if you simply did something like kevinz@quosigz.com (please remove any z from my sig to reply.) That way a person could simply copy your sig to the addressline and delete the "z"s, rather than retype sections. Less chance of typos too. Just a thought. Denis -- | Dr D A Wright History Dept Uni of New England Armidale | | NSW AUSTRALIA 2351 Ph +61 67 732479 Fax +61 67 733520 | |____ http://www.une.edu.au/~arts/History/dwright.htm ___|
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fa2f2,9a53fee23e138192 X-Google-Attributes: gidfa2f2,public X-Google-Thread: fe136,9a53fee23e138192 X-Google-Attributes: gidfe136,public X-Google-Thread: 10e148,9a53fee23e138192 X-Google-Attributes: gid10e148,public X-Google-Thread: 10b5e3,9a53fee23e138192 X-Google-Attributes: gid10b5e3,public From: deniswright@bigfoot.com (Denis Wright) Subject: Re: Any Mac Anti-spam software? Date: 1998/01/12 Message-ID: <1998011216422220779232@arts3-2-19.une.edu.au> X-Deja-AN: 315135189 References: <see-3011972258050001@ids.vip.best.com> <6600ud$djr@cwis-20.wayne.edu> <see-0112972128220001@ids.vip.best.com> <bobmacdELK7z5.Ix7@netcom.com> <see-2112971759200001@ids.vip.best.com> <rowbotth***-2212971931550001@ftmmpx03-port-53.agt.net> <rcook-3112971452150001@ppp06.bais.com> <barry-3112971801500001@i3-15.islandnet.com> <see-ya02408000R0501981818490001@news.ind.mh.se> <19980107002816761361@ppp-124-220.une.edu.au> <see-ya02408000R0801981932500001@news.ind.mh.se> <34B6E59D.C7BC2AB1@flinet.com> <eat-ya02408000R1001980333490001@news.earthlink.net> <see-1001981233470001@ids.vip.best.com> <mcmurtri-ya02408000R1001981909300001@news.wco.com> <see-1001982351220001@ids.vip.best.com> <19980111231216548932@ppp-124-220.une.edu.au> <see-1101981235160001@ids.vip.best.com> Organization: University of New England Newsgroups: alt.sys.mac.newuser-help,aus.computers.mac,comp.infosystems.www.browsers.mac,comp.sys.mac.misc