On Nov 14, 2006, at 3:31 PM, Aron Roberts wrote:
> There are a couple of ways to test whether the scripts or
> programs that
> spammers use to extract email addresses from web pages might be
> succeeding at harvesting addresses from your own pages, even if you've
> tried to protect those addresses via various means:
>
> 1. Use a variant of your email address that includes a legal but
> unusual addition, such as the "plus tag" discussed at:
>
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-mail_address#Plus_.28or_Minus.
> 29_addressing>
Very good analysis / suggestions Aron. Just tested, and it looks
like calmail.berkeley does not accept "plus" tagging of addresses
(though our Mac OS X mail server does).
Thanks,
Scot
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