Undisguised e-mail addresses in mapserver archives

[Kralidis,Tom [Burlington]]

Good idea -- +1 from me.

..Tom


> -----Original Message-----
> From: UMN MapServer Users List 
> [mailto:MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU] On Behalf Of S.Nicolas 
> - Webmaster
> Sent: Friday, 20 May, 2005 08:43
> To: MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU
> Subject: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Undisguised e-mail 
> addresses in mapserver archives
> 
> 
> 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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