[ale] (no subject) SPAM talk...

[ChangingLINKS.com]

> You miss my point.  If it is programatically obscured it can be
> recovered.  You substitute "at" or "(at)" or "( at )", and it's
> nothing to undo (c.f. the previous script).
> -- 
> Fletch                | "If you find my answers frightening,       __`'/|

I understand what you have said clearly. 
While I disagree that spammers will harvest in this way for reasons mentioned 
earlier:
1. I think it is bad policy to simply offer the email addresses plainly.
2. I feel that the ike server solution is sufficient.
3. We can simply replace email addresses with member IDs keyed in a very 
simple mySQL database.

Harvest that.

The latter solution will even stop the M$ spam problems. The only drawback is 
that the user would need to pass email via the ALE server to contact other 
members INITIALLY. However ALL ALE spam problems would be eraticated.
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Wishing you Happiness, Joy and Laughter,
Drew Brown
http://www.ChangingLINKS.com