[K3PZN-List] re: email addressing and the like...

Wed, 17 Mar 2004 08:42:07 -0800 (PST)

> > Technically any and all characters are legal in an e-mail
> > address, which makes excluding things very difficult on the
> > server-side programming end of things.
> > 
> > This is probably why we get all sorts of SPAM from
> > #@%$DCDYU$%^[email protected] and the like.

> True. This thing about hyphens has no effect on SPAM I'm afraid. 
> Collectors are tokenizing the AT sign and the dot-atoms. Refer to 
> RFC2822 for legal characters.
> 
> http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2822.html

What DOES work to reduce spam, is to add a munge to your email addy,
such as [email protected], and then put "Remove _SPAM_ to email"
in your signature file so folks know to remove it before hitting send.

Do not put that in any subscription boxes, only on web posts and emails.

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