Undisguised e-mail addresses in mapserver archives

[Liz Godwin]

I really like the hybrid idea. 

On 5/20/05, Jeff Portwine <jdport at veritime.com> wrote:
> 
> I've actually configured a nice combination solution, it is the phpBB 
> forum
> with the m2f (mail2forum) addon mod. It allows forum users, if they
> choose, to have all posts emailed to them... they can then reply to the
> posts or to create a new post they can email the post to the forum and it
> will be posted on their behalf. It's a very nice hybrid solution....
> people who like forums go to the forum, and to people who like email 
> better
> it's pretty much indistinguishable from any other email list.
> 
> -Jeff
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Fletcher" <jfletcher at LATITUDEGEO.COM>
> To: <MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU>
> Sent: Friday, May 20, 2005 12:26 PM
> Subject: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Undisguised e-mail addresses in 
> mapserver
> archives
> 
> 
> The freeware version of the discus web forum can email posts to 'watched'
> topics. There may be others which do the same. Much as I like the
> structure of a nice web forum, if I don't get emailed the posts, I'll 
> never
> read them.
> 
> John
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: UMN MapServer Users List
> > [mailto:MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU] On Behalf Of Gerry
> > Creager N5JXS
> > Sent: Friday, May 20, 2005 6:08 AM
> > To: MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU
> > Subject: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Undisguised e-mail
> > addresses in mapserver archives
> >
> > Because I, for one, don't have the time to go to a web page
> > and peruse the various discussions? I can efficiently see
> > the topics, file interesting "stuff" away for later use or
> > reference, and delete the trivia. Going to a web page and
> > sorting through all this is tiresome at best and looks to me
> > like a waste of time.
> >
> > Personal opinions. But that'd be my vote if it comes to one.
> > The list, as a monolith, in fact, and not subdivided into a
> > whole bunch of separate sublists.
> >
> > gerry
> >
> > S.Nicolas - Webmaster wrote:
> > > Totally agree, lots of open source forum available, easy to set up.
> > >
> > > Stéphane
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: UMN MapServer Users List
> > [mailto:MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU]
> > > On Behalf Of Jeff Portwine
> > > Sent: 20 May 2005 13:27
> > > To: MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU
> > > Subject: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Undisguised e-mail addresses in
> > > mapserver archives
> > >
> > > I know this is offtopic, but since this was brought up...
> > it kind of leads
> > > into a question I've had for a while. Is there any
> > particular reason that
> > > we use an email list instead of like a web forum for this kind of
> > > communication? It seems like opensource projects like
> > this one tend to use
> > > email lists instead of forums, but it seems to me that
> > there are a lot
> > > of advantages to a web forum such as easier searching and threaded
> > > messages, as well as the ability to post announcements and
> > sticky-note a FAQ would make
> > > it the preferred method. It would also solve the spam
> > problem as email
> > > addresses can pretty much always be hidden. I'm not
> > opposed to email of
> > > course, was just a question I had.
> > >
> > > -Jeff
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Jacob Delfos" <jacob.delfos at MAUNSELL.COM>
> > > To: <MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU>
> > > Sent: Friday, May 20, 2005 6:57 AM
> > > Subject: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Undisguised e-mail addresses in
> > > mapserver archives
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >>Hi All,
> > >>
> > >>Sorry if this has been brought up before, but the spam problem is
> > >>taking on worse forms for me. Since I have been on the
> > mapserver (and
> > >>related) mailing lists, my e-mail address have been
> > appearing a lot on
> > >>the internet, in a completely undisguised way. The amount of spam I
> > >>receive has since been rising rapidly. Additionally, my address is
> > >>being spoofed lately, such that I occasionally get 100s of bounced
> > >>messages that I didn't send, to people to whom it could not
> > be delivered.
> > >>
> > >>I was hoping it might be possible to configure the mailing
> > lists such
> > >>that e-mail addresses are disguised (even if it is poorly, by
> > >>replacing occurrences of @ with 'at'). I know that I could set up a
> > >>special "mailing list" address, but that makes things a lot
> > harder to
> > >>manage, and people would still send spam in my name.
> > >>
> > >>My address does not appear anywhere else on the internet, so I am
> > >>quite sure that the archives of the mailing lists are the
> > cause. It's
> > >>not that I'm trying to complain, just that a small change
> > could save a
> > >>lot of people a lot of headaches.
> > >>
> > >>regards,
> > >>
> > >>Jacob
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> > > --
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> > >
> >
> > --
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