SPAM and archives (Was: Re: [plug] PHP question..)

[Bernd Felsche]

On Fri, Jul 04, 2003 at 01:44:21PM +0800, Ben Jensz wrote:
> Tony Breeds wrote:
> >I recalled reading a report[1] that said that the above was a good
> >way(tm) to disguise an email address.  Thats why I suggested it.
> >
> >[1] http://www.cdt.org/speech/spam/030319spamreport.shtml

> What would be good would be a mailing list manager with integrated
> web archive output that allowed subscribers to choose whether to
> display their email address or not and if they did, in what
> format.

> Or alternatively, a script that builds a simple png image with the
> text of the email address in an image to replace having text there
> at all.  But I suppose that would generate a few more CPU cycles
> to process...

Replace each unique email address with a cgi-link to a database
query. A user can click on the link and get the address generated,
either as an image, or to be asked a random, real-human question...
before being presented with the text.

As I understand it, harvesters tend not to follow cgi links.

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