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In following up a link on a message, I was browsing a page that has a "spam_OUT" to the piclist. Having a "....." is a great way to invite spam, and not having it on a web page is one way to curb the spam. The address of that page is: http://cdr.stanford.edu/people/luehrb/up/pic/ so you can see what I mean, and if you have similar links on your own web pages, you might consider removing them. I'm going to write an email to the owner of that page, please don't hassle him, he didn't do anything wrong! Cheers, bob

Good notice Bob. I've just erased the same thing from my web page. Thanx for noticing that and seeing how it could be applied, myke {Quote hidden}>In following up a link on a message, I was browsing a page that has a >"" to the piclist. > >Having a "....." is a great way to invite spam, and not having it on a >web page is one way to curb the spam. > >The address of that page is: >http://cdr.stanford.edu/people/luehrb/up/pic/ >so you can see what I mean, and if you have similar links on your own web >pages, you might consider removing them. > >I'm going to write an email to the owner of that page, please don't >hassle him, he didn't do anything wrong! > >Cheers, > >bob > > "I was well aware that the processes of puberty are often fatal to psychic power." - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

At 03:48 PM 12/1/97 -0500, you wrote: {Quote hidden}>Good notice Bob. I've just erased the same thing from my web page. > >Thanx for noticing that and seeing how it could be applied, > >myke > >>In following up a link on a message, I was browsing a page that has a >>"EraseME" to the piclist. >> >>Having a "" is a great way to invite spam, and not having it on a >>web page is one way to curb the spam. >> >>The address of that page is: >>http://cdr.stanford.edu/people/luehrb/up/pic/ >>so you can see what I mean, and if you have similar links on your own web >>pages, you might consider removing them. >> >>I'm going to write an email to the owner of that page, please don't >>hassle him, he didn't do anything wrong! >> >>Cheers, >> >>bob >> I have a mailto to the piclist on my web page, but it is not on the main page, you must follow a link from the main page to get to it. Is this OK? If not, how would anyone recommend that I let people know how to access the piclist? Just remove the "@spam@" ? Thanks, Sean +--------------------------------+ | Sean Breheny | | Amateur Radio Callsign: KA3YXM | | Electrical Engineering Student | +--------------------------------+ http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/shb7 Web Page Under Construction! KILLspamshb7KILLspamcornell.edu

Sean, I got rid of the "RemoveMEpiclistTakeThisOuTmitvma.mit.edu" but left the instructions for subscribing and unsubscribing with "spamBeGone" URL to "TakeThisOuTlistservEraseMEspam_OUTmitvma.mit.edu". myke "I was well aware that the processes of puberty are often fatal to psychic power." - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Sean Breheny <RemoveMEPICLISTTakeThisOuTMITVMA.MIT.EDU> wrote: > I have a mailto to the piclist on my web page, but it is not on the > main page, you must follow a link from the main page to get to it. > Is this OK? If not, how would anyone recommend that I let people > know how to access the piclist? Just remove the "" ? Sean: Just my opinion, but I don't see how a direct link to the "EraseMEpiclistmitvma.mit.edu" address really helps anyone... It seems to me that instructions for SUBSCRIBING to the list would be a whole lot more useful. Those instructions, of course, are: To subscribe to the PICLIST, send an email message to: RemoveMElistservEraseMEEraseMEmitvma.mit.edu with the following in the BODY of the message (the message subject is unimportant): subscribe piclist end -Andy === Andrew Warren - RemoveMEfastfwdspam_OUTKILLspamix.netcom.com === Fast Forward Engineering - Vista, California === http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/2499

At 01:20 PM 12/1/97 -0800, you wrote: >>I have a mailto to the piclist on my web page, but it is not on the main >>page, you must follow a link from the main page to get to it. Is this OK? >>If not, how would anyone recommend that I let people know how to access the >>piclist? Just remove the "RemoveME" ? > >robot programs try every link on your main page and download all successive >pages and automatically extract mailto's from the pages. to avoid this >problem, either remove the mailto altogether, or replace it with a cgi that >generates the mail. > >also, do people link to the piclist itself, or to the subscription address? >linking to the piclist seems a bit odd, since it would allow a person to >send mail to the list without subscribing. or worse, they might try to send >subscription requests to the list itself. > >::jory bell > My link is to the listserv itself, not the list, should I still take some action to change this? Sean +--------------------------------+ | Sean Breheny | | Amateur Radio Callsign: KA3YXM | | Electrical Engineering Student | +--------------------------------+ http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/shb7 Web Page Under Construction! EraseMEshb7spamspamBeGonecornell.edu

At 01:32 PM 12/1/97 -0800, you wrote: {Quote hidden}>Sean Breheny <RemoveMEPICLISTKILLspamMITVMA.MIT.EDU> wrote: > >> I have a mailto to the piclist on my web page, but it is not on the >> main page, you must follow a link from the main page to get to it. >> Is this OK? If not, how would anyone recommend that I let people >> know how to access the piclist? Just remove the "" ? > >Sean: > >Just my opinion, but I don't see how a direct link to the >"spamBeGonepiclistSTOPspamEraseMEmitvma.mit.edu" address really helps anyone... It seems to >me that instructions for SUBSCRIBING to the list would be a whole >lot more useful. > >Those instructions, of course, are: > > To subscribe to the PICLIST, send an email message to: > > KILLspamlistservspamBeGonemitvma.mit.edu > > with the following in the BODY of the message (the message > subject is unimportant): > > subscribe piclist > end > >-Andy > >=== Andrew Warren - EraseMEfastfwdEraseMEix.netcom.com >=== Fast Forward Engineering - Vista, California >=== http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/2499 > Guess I mis-spoke :( What you suggest is exactly what I already had, Andy. Thanks, Sean +--------------------------------+ | Sean Breheny | | Amateur Radio Callsign: KA3YXM | | Electrical Engineering Student | +--------------------------------+ http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/shb7 Web Page Under Construction! @spam@shb7@spam@spam_OUTcornell.edu

Sean Breheny <.....PICLISTspam_OUTMITVMA.MIT.EDU> wrote: > > Just my opinion, but I don't see how a direct link to the > > "TakeThisOuTpiclist.....TakeThisOuTmitvma.mit.edu" address really helps anyone... It seems > > to me that instructions for SUBSCRIBING to the list would be a > > whole lot more useful. > > What you suggest is exactly what I already had, Andy. In that case, Sean, you can leave your web page as-is... The list-server doesn't care whether it gets spammed. -Andy === Andrew Warren - TakeThisOuTfastfwdKILLspamspamix.netcom.com === Fast Forward Engineering - Vista, California === http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/2499