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I believe the Elephant Talk list has somewhat remedied this problem by formatting the poster e-mail address like this: me at whatever dot com ... Although now that I think of it this may be done manually since the list is a digest only and would make it a lot easier to search / replace @whatever.com with at whatever dot com ... This problem must be very selective though. I have been on this list (lurking) for a few years now with different e-mail addresses and I don't seem to notice much of a problem with spam that would point to LD -- --- "doug @ jump/cut" <looper@jumpcut.net> wrote: > i disagree ... it's not a "one man problem" > > i created this e-mail address specifically only for > posting-receiving LD > mail. > > within a month of creating this account and posting > to LD, i had already > started getting spam ... not too many, but i have > had several other similar > accounts that have been spam-free for years. > > it's no doubt the bots & spiders lifting e-mail > addresses from the LD > mailing list archive. > > >> i guess kim is the one to take it up with > >> instead of clogging my email and others > >> on the list with your problem. > > i brought this up with kim and got no response ... > he provides a great > resource with LD, but unfortunately the > administrative burdens and issues > aren't always his first priority, so i guess i'll > live with the spam ... > it's worth it, but it would be nice to have the > mailing list archive > obfuscate e-mail addresses > > btw, i actually don't mind the gig announcements ... > they are guaranteed to > be from subscribers and it's good to see people are > gigging. > > HTML e-mails from the list annoy me more! > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Matthew Wiley" > Sent: Sunday, February 23, 2003 10:59 AM > Subject: Re: R@volution my Patootie! > > > > i totally agree, i have never had a problem with > spam at this address > either > > and it is only used for the LD. The only thing > that anoys me is all the > gig > > spam, there is another place for that. this is a > forum to discuss all > > things looping, use the alotted space on the LD. > It seems that this is a > > one man problem and i guess kim is the one to take > it up with instead of > > clogging my email and othes on the list with your > problem. > > Matt > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/