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

[Geoffrey]

William Wylde wrote:
> Geoffry:
> 
>>
>>> Why bother to obfucate at all?  Why not just write a little script 
>>> that removes the e-mail addresses from the posts in the archive?
>>
>>
>> Why have an archive?
> 
> 
> I think I'm going to drop out of this thread.  It really doesn't matter 
> to me, anymore.  :-) I'm subbed via a white-list only account, and my 
> personal spam filters are getting just about every bit sent to my main 
> account, with very few false positives (gotta love "Thunderbird").

There you go. :)
> 
> That said, I simply thought the purpose of the archive was to give all 
> and sundry access to the collective wisdom on the list- no neccessarily 
> direct access to the members themselves.  I was just proposing what I 
> saw as a simple solution to what people were complaining about.  
> However, having read further in the thread, I can understand your desire 
> to let people get answers to their questions "directly from the horses 
> mouth"...

I apologize for, what may have appeared to be a short, snide response. 
One of of those days when I was quite busy, but still trying to get a 
point across.

As a reinforcement to retaining addresses in the archives, I've sent 
private email to three different people I located in archives regarding 
different issues just this past week.  I received responses from all.  I 
don't always get my answers from the posts, but I often do by pursuing 
further information via the private email to the poster.

This to me, is terribly powerful and most definitely too valuable to lose.

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey                     Registered Linux User #108567
Building secure systems in spite of Microsoft