Re: [xmca] Spam and xmca mailing list

[Andy Blunden <ablunden@mira.net>]

Huw, I have been on xmca with this email address since 1999, and I have 
never thought that xmca was a significant source of spam. The 
overwhelming majority of spam I get is from just one fellow who has 
phished my address and uses it to spam millions of others and I get all 
the bounce messages. :(
But on marxists.org (where I have another email account) we have an 
alias system, and whenever spam gets too high, the volunteer changes 
alias. This, together with the server subscribing to various spam 
filters makes sure that spam remains at an absolutely trivial level. The 
only defence each individual volunteer uses is exactly the strategy that 
xmca uses, simple disguises of email addresses on the one and only one 
page where it is listed, which are sufficient to prevent automatic spam 
harvesters.

Bruce, who looks after the technical side of xmca is cc-ed above 
(although Bruce also follows discussion on the list and would have read 
your initial message). If you have a concrete suggestion, I am sur Bruce 
would listen.

Andy

Huw Lloyd wrote:
> On 28 October 2011 13:11, Carol Macdonald <carolmacdon@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>   
> > Consider changing to gmail for your xmca messages.
> >
> >     
>
> I use gmail, i'd rather not have it in the spam at all.   I guess those
> people who use an email account solely for xmca will be better able to gauge
> the level of associated spam -- pretty easy to test, if there was
> willingness to do anything about it on confirmation.
>
> Huw
>
>
>
>   
> > On 28 October 2011 13:29, Huw Lloyd <huw.softdesigns@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >     
> > > I'd estimate that 80% of the spam I get is from spammers using the xmca
> > > mailing list (either the mail itself or the members list on html page).
> > > Has anyone put some thought into making this less easy for spammers?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Huw
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