Re: Something fun to try..

From: Bonj (a_at_b.com)
Date: 03/10/04 

Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 21:35:14 -0000

I think if spammers tried to construct algorithms to look through newsgroup
messages, and read and parse any snippets of VB code in the hope that it
would produce an email address, then we could have a field day using string
handling APIs, 'VB-ised C++', and making a few little 'deliberate'
mistakes...

"Bob O`Bob" <filterbob@yahoogroups.com> wrote in message
news:404F6801.23F8@yahoogroups.com...
> Rick Rothstein wrote:
>
> > I doubt if any spam robots could decipher this one-liner (albeit it, a
long
> > one-liner):
> >
>
> The problem is that if there was any scheme which became popular,
> then the robots would adopt it. Any scheme at all. This is a game
> of measure/countermeasure, and "munging" email addresses, while still
> trying to make them readable to non-spammers, is like playing with
> the short end of a lever.
>
> It's a social problem, first and foremost. But since it's carried
> on technical channels, there _may_ be technical solutions possible.
> I think I have come up with one good candidate. I'm not a sociologist
> so I can't suggest much better sociological solutions than "heads on
pikes."
>
> Since I'm prototyping my approach (a protocol) in VB it's not totally
> off-topic for this newsgroup, but I'll leave off disccussing it in
> this thread (which is for something else) and anyone who wants
> to know more can come look at whitelist.com
>
> pleasepleaseplease - if you know *anything* about desktop proxy servers,
> I could really use some assistance.
>
>
> Bob
> --
> looking for work again <http://obob.com/bob/resume/>

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