[thelist] Hiveware email address encoder

Jeff Howden jeff at jeffhowden.com
Thu Jul 24 19:33:22 CDT 2003


rudy,

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> From: rudy
>
> > Boy, Rudy I find that comment nothing short of
> > amazing!  So it is MY fault I get spam!
>
> yes, it sure is
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is it my fault i get spam within 24 hours of creating a new hotmail account?

is it my fault i get spam at an address that i've never used when signing up
for anything online or posted on my site?

is it my fault i get spam at an address that i've only ever shared with
family members?

is it my fault i choose to not live in a bubble and protect my email address
like the pound of gold it is not?

seriously, posting your email address on a website is only one of a
*million* ways spammers can get ahold of it.

i'd love to see a study that shows what percentage of spam is as a result of
posting an email address to a website vs the many other ways your email
address can get into the wrong hands.

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> go outside when it's raining, and you'll get wet
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depends on if you stay under an awning or not  ;p

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> and let's be clear, there are two different kinds of
> sites -- personal and professional
>
> a professional site should be using a web form, an 800
> number, a snail mail address, and yes, if it has the
> big bucks to implement fancy-schmancy spam filters, go
> ahead and post a mailto on the site
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it doesn't require big bucks to implement "fancy-schmancy" spam filters.
you can do very well for *free*.

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> a personal site?  well, YOU are responsible for that,
> and if YOU put a mailto on YOUR site then YOU are gonna
> get spam, and it *is* YOUR fault
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so what about sites that cross the line, like mine, between personal and
professional?

.jeff

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