Re: Rules of the list question

Munging is the proccess of disabling your email address that is easy for a
HUMAN to correct, for example, using littvay_at_free_mail do hu instead of
the correct. This is only in the sender setting, not in the reply to
address. Also, when using a munged address, it's curteous to notify everyone
in your signature that it is munged, and what the correct address actually
is.

The reason this came into usage, is SpamBots. They are simple minded search
programs that scan Usenet and Mailing list archives to find working email
addresses in order to spam you. Many are pretty simple minded and unable to
determing that fo at die dot com, is a human readable but munged address.
HTH
----- Original Message -----
From: "Levente -Levi- Littvay" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 7:42 PM
Subject: [gentoo-newbies] Rules of the list question


> Hello
>
> I might be breaking the rules of the list alread, if I am sorry about
> it....
>
> Rules say: We do not do Reply-To: munging.
>
> What is Munging?  (answer in private please)
>
> It says:
> As we have subscribers from many different computing cultures..
>
> Well in that case, it might be a good idea to define (computer) slag
> words...
>
> I have been a computer geek for over 10 years now, and I have lived in
> the US for 7 years.  (English is my second language) and I am not
> familiar with the term Munging.  (I looked it up in the Oxford and
> Webster dic, and 2 on-line English-Hungarian dictionaries - no luck)
>
> Please don't take this e-mail offensively, I felt uncomfortable joining
> the list since I did not understand the rules.  I hope you will rephrase
> so other will not be in my position.
>
> Thanks for understanding, and sorry if I already broke the rules.  Won't
> happen again...
>
> Levi
>
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