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

[ChangingLINKS.com]

> I am not a programmer, but isn't it possible to reduce
> <name at mydomain.whatever> to <name> (that is erase everything
> beginning with the @ symbol from the FROM: line of the headers)
> in the archives?  

Yes.

> That way the curious could search the
> archive for a topic and if they have unanswered questions, they
> could pose a question to the list.

The point is it let web surfers contact individual posters *directly.*
A solution that would still allow that, is to simply swap the email address 
for a member ID and pass the information to a form that the web surfer can 
fill out quickly. The member ID is used to retrieve the real email address 
and send the email. This way harvesters can't harvest, and web surfers can 
still contact posters.
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