On Sat, 7 Dec 2002, Jeffrey Sharp wrote:
> On Friday, December 6, 2002, Steve Jones wrote:
> > Why expose the address at all? How about you send the (plain text only)
> > note on to the addressee w/o disclosing the address. If the recipient
> > wants the sender to know their address, they'll respond to them.
>
> Well, that *is* a easier way to do it. I had thought of that, but I wasn't
> sure if there were enough steps involved. What I don't want is a person
> sending spam *though* this interface. How safe do you think this solution is
> against that?
It's not. I have jack-asses posting spam to my VCF BBS and through my
feedback form occasionally. That's why I made the VCF 5.0 BBS moderated
(to thwart the retard spammers who are trying to reach all 5 people who
use the VCF BBS).
Simulation of the above:
You are trying to be reached by <bigpenis_at_chinanet.com.cn> regarding
"ENLARGE YOUR PENIS WITH NEW GROWTH FORMULA!!!"
It's still spam.
The best way to do it is to ensure that a human has to do something to
make ANY contact with the e-mail address.
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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