Olin Lathrop wrote:
> Maybe I'll try a experiment. I'll make up a totally new email address,
> use it exclusively for sending to the PIClist, and never otherwise give
> it out. I will be interesting to see how long it takes to get the first
> spam and how quickly it ramps up. I'll log the number of spam messages a
> day and show the results once a reasonable amount of data has been
> collected. It may take a day or two before I do it because I've got stuff
> to get done right now, and I have to go digging in some very old dusty
> control files to change everything.

Sounds like a waste of time. The answer is, it will get spammed very
quickly.

My solution is to use a unique address for PIClist communications, and that
address ONLY accepts mail from the PIClist server (determined by examining
the Return-Path: and To: headers). On the rare occasions that I want people
to contact me off-list, I give out a highly-obfuscated alternate address.

It's NOT a good idea to replace the From: address, as that's often the only
clue to who actually sent a message. Some people are very lax about signing
their messages.

-- Dave Tweed
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