From: Gavin Sinclair <gsinclair@...>
Date: 2002-12-30T22:06:19+09:00
Subject: Re: OT: newsgroup GW

On Monday, December 30, 2002, 11:39:19 PM, Simon wrote:

> Wai-Sun Chia <waisun.chia@hp.com> writes:
>> Since the mailing list is auto-gatewayed to c.l.r, all our email
>> addresses are also being displayed out in hostile Usenet, openly and
>> nakedly.

> Worse! It's displayed on a web archive! And if people really want to
> harvest email addresses, they can subscribe to the mailing list. Better
> not post at all!


That's true, but these are not the most efficient avenues for
harvesting.  It is appropriate to worry first about the Usenet angle.

Gavin