[d at DCC] Truth in Spam.

[Russell McOrmond]

Peter Kieser wrote:
> I find UCE very annoying as well. Why is the archives for the DCC list
> still showing our email addresses in the plain?

   This has been discussed before in the DCC volunteers mailing list. 
http://list.digital-copyright.ca/mailman/listinfo/dcc-vols

   This requires someone else to step up and be a volunteer.  If 
everything related to this site is left to me to do it is likely that 
the copyright on the PHP code will have expired before I have a chance 
to look into this issue.  We need to move forward on this, including 
porting the existing code into a Drupal module (I can help anyone who 
volunteers as I've done Drupal modules before).


   Of course, there are easy ways to convince me to make your priorities 
into my priorities.   Anyone who collects at least 100 signatures to 
either of our petitions gets to decide what items should be a higher 
priority in my TODO list.  If nobody is interested in volunteering code 
or volunteering to coordinate collecting signatures, then I guess this 
issues isn't really that important.


P.S.  Having email addresses in the archives is not a significant factor 
in SPAM.  SPAM is now big business, and much of the Microsoft Windows 
malware out there is produced by this sector.  Any email addresses known 
to any infected computer becomes part of the SPAM system, and the 
infected computer itself is used to deliver SPAM (IE: looking at the 
source IP doesn't help as the SPAM is relayed like regular email).

   Training all your friends/acquaintances on safe Internet practices, 
including helping them upgrade to software that makes installing malware 
harder (rather than automatic), is far more critical than worrying about 
email addresses on websites.

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