On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 6:26 PM, Patrick Shanahan <paka@opensuse.org> wrote:
* PatrickD Garvey <patrickdgarveyt@gmail.com> [04-26-15 20:50]: [...]
Mark Hounschell, by neglecting to obfuscate the email addresses in the copied headers in the posting, you have provided another source for email harvesters[1].
When I noticed this, I checked the archived copy of the posting[2], I was glad to see the mailing list software has its obfuscation option turned on. That is not always the case.
Please, before posting a request for help, PAUSE, take a deep breath, and consider how the posted data can be used by those interested in other uses. Obfuscation is our only defense. It's not easy to do well without destroying its utility in solving the problem, but the consequences are less than desirable.
And you are not able to access email headers and "harvest" the same information? Are you one that believes that attributions should also be obfuscated? Do you believe that one cannot obtain the same information merely by "looking" at email headers which somehow seem to accompany every post?
Obfuscation only helps for information that is not readily available.
I was describing the data that Mark extracted from a bounced email and included in his post as the subject of our discussion, not the headers of the posting itself. I'm sorry that was not clear from my wording. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org