[OT?] bugzilla and... (sigh) spam

Matthew Miller mattdm at mattdm.org
Wed Oct 20 15:11:29 UTC 2004


On Wed, Oct 20, 2004 at 04:49:01PM +0200, Barbara Pennacchi wrote:
> I don't think it is either the right bugzillasite (AFAIK redhat doesn't  
> have much to do anymore with fedoralegacy except for telling 'em when it's  
> time to take charge of EOL'ed distros ;) nor it is a bug.

Doh! Getting my lists mixed up.

> Yes, it is the same I use to post here, but I sincerely doubt it for the  
> following reasons:  
> http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-legacy-list says clearly  
> that "The subscribers list is only available to the list members." and web  
> archives of this mailing list have email addresses munged off (checked 'em  
> as a normal luser wandering around without logging in :).

Yeah, but a spammer could easily be subscribed -- it's an open list. Or
someone else could be making archives available somewhere without munging.

Trying to keep your e-mail address secret while actually using it is a
losing battle. :)

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Matthew Miller           mattdm at mattdm.org        <http://www.mattdm.org/>
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