[ltp] obscuring email address on this list

[Dave Hylands]

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Hi Martin,


On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 8:23 AM, Martin N <martin.n@bluebottle.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I have noticed an increase of spam to my bluebottle.com account recently
> when i had
> previous had none.
>
> The ltp list has come up in google and my email address comes up as
> "Martin N <martin.n () bluebottle ! com>' (3 msg) "
>
> Have spammers got better at understanding how to work around the obvious to
> us humans replacing @ with brackets?
>
> Is there more that can be done by the moderators/owners to obscure email
> addresses?
>

Obscuring emails only works for web access to lists. If the spammers
actually subscribe to the list, then they'll get unobscured email
addresses, just like the rest of us do.

-- 
Dave Hylands
Shuswap, BC, Canada
http://www.davehylands.com

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<div dir=3D"ltr">Hi Martin,<br><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><br><div clas=
s=3D"gmail_quote">On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 8:23 AM, Martin N <span dir=3D"ltr=
">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:martin.n@bluebottle.com" target=3D"_blank">martin.n=
@bluebottle.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hello,<br>
<br>
I have noticed an increase of spam to my <a href=3D"http://bluebottle.com" =
target=3D"_blank">bluebottle.com</a> account recently when i had<br>
previous had none.<br>
<br>
The ltp list has come up in google and my email address comes up as<br>
&quot;Martin N &lt;martin.n () bluebottle ! com&gt;&#39; (3 msg) &quot;<br>
<br>
Have spammers got better at understanding how to work around the obvious to=
<br>
us humans replacing @ with brackets?<br>
<br>
Is there more that can be done by the moderators/owners to obscure email ad=
dresses?<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Obscuring emails only works fo=
r web access to lists. If the spammers actually subscribe to the list, then=
 they&#39;ll get unobscured email addresses, just like the rest of us do.<b=
r>
<br></div></div>-- <br>Dave Hylands<br>Shuswap, BC, Canada<br><a href=3D"ht=
tp://www.davehylands.com" target=3D"_blank">http://www.davehylands.com</a>
</div></div>

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