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On 28 October 2011 13:39, Andy Blunden <ablunden@mira.net> wrote: > Huw, I have been on xmca with this email address since 1999, and I have > never thought that xmca was a significant source of spam. The overwhelming > majority of spam I get is from just one fellow who has phished my address > and uses it to spam millions of others and I get all the bounce messages. :( > But on marxists.org (where I have another email account) we have an alias > system, and whenever spam gets too high, the volunteer changes alias. This, > together with the server subscribing to various spam filters makes sure that > spam remains at an absolutely trivial level. The only defence each > individual volunteer uses is exactly the strategy that xmca uses, simple > disguises of email addresses on the one and only one page where it is > listed, which are sufficient to prevent automatic spam harvesters. > > Bruce, who looks after the technical side of xmca is cc-ed above (although > Bruce also follows discussion on the list and would have read your initial > message). If you have a concrete suggestion, I am sur Bruce would listen. > Website pages can be marked as _not_ for 'spider bots' that accumulate pages for google and the like, I believe. So checking the relevant lchc pages would be a start. Again, this is anecdotal, but pretty easy to check. Huw > > Andy > > > Huw Lloyd wrote: > >> On 28 October 2011 13:11, Carol Macdonald <carolmacdon@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >>> Consider changing to gmail for your xmca messages. >>> >>> >>> >> >> I use gmail, i'd rather not have it in the spam at all. I guess those >> people who use an email account solely for xmca will be better able to >> gauge >> the level of associated spam -- pretty easy to test, if there was >> willingness to do anything about it on confirmation. >> >> Huw >> >> >> >> >> >>> On 28 October 2011 13:29, Huw Lloyd <huw.softdesigns@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> I'd estimate that 80% of the spam I get is from spammers using the xmca >>>> mailing list (either the mail itself or the members list on html page). >>>> Has anyone put some thought into making this less easy for spammers? >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Huw >>>> ______________________________**____________ >>>> _____ >>>> xmca mailing list >>>> xmca@weber.ucsd.edu >>>> http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/**listinfo/xmca<http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> Be mindful. Regret nothing. >>> Carol's motto. >>> >>> *Visiting Lecturer >>> Wits School of Education >>> Research Fellow* >>> *Linguistics Dept: Unisa >>> * >>> ______________________________**____________ >>> _____ >>> xmca mailing list >>> xmca@weber.ucsd.edu >>> http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/**listinfo/xmca<http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca> >>> >>> >>> >> ______________________________**____________ >> _____ >> xmca mailing list >> xmca@weber.ucsd.edu >> http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/**listinfo/xmca<http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca> >> >> >> >> > > -- > ------------------------------**------------------------------** > ------------ > *Andy Blunden* > Joint Editor MCA: http://www.tandfonline.com/**toc/hmca20/18/1<http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/hmca20/18/1> > Home Page: http://home.mira.net/~andy/ > Book: http://www.brill.nl/default.**aspx?partid=227&pid=34857<http://www.brill.nl/default.aspx?partid=227&pid=34857> > > ______________________________**____________ > _____ > xmca mailing list > xmca@weber.ucsd.edu > http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/**listinfo/xmca<http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca> > __________________________________________ _____ xmca mailing list xmca@weber.ucsd.edu http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca