From: Ben Giddings <bg-rubytalk@...>
Date: 2003-09-23T05:55:08+09:00
Subject: Re: Real emails on newsgroup version (was Re: POP3Filter)

Eric Hodel wrote:
> So?  Its also being presented as-is in the archives at ruby-talk.org.
> Here's a link to your message, as you can see, your email address is
> presented on the third line from the top.
> 
> http://ruby-talk.org/blade/82744
> 
> Spam spiders can find the email just as easily as a newsgroup-reading
> bot could.

I think the email address should be obfuscated there too.  Many newsgroups 
with public archives obfuscate or remove entirely the original author's 
email address.

But I also think that the web site for an obscure language is harder to 
spot than a newsgroup.  Afterall, if you receive a newsgroup feed, all you 
need to do is grep the data for an email-like pattern.  To get email 
addresses off a web site you have to actually go out there and spider the 
web.  Not difficult, but not as easy.

Ben