Re: email obscuring

On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 5:14 PM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
>> On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 12:02 PM, Alvaro Herrera
>> <alvherre@commandprompt.com> wrote:
>>> Something I have learned about spammers lately is that it is enough for
>>> you to subscribe to a list and they will start sending stuff to you.
>>> You don't need to post anything.  I'm not sure that email obscuring in
>>> archives of any use anymore.
>
>> It can't hurt, though.  By what mechanism would they obtain the
>> subscribers to an email list?
>
> Ask the list bot for the list of subscribers :-(
>
> I think most lists are not configured to hand that out to just anyone,
> but the majority will let a subscriber see it.  So, subscribe from
> any legitimate address, suck out the list, unsubscribe.  A bit manual
> but not exactly hard.

So... don't allow that?

...Robert