Re: Before 2.6 comes out...

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

Juergen Reuter wrote:
> ... I would like to ask if the e-Mail addresses in the ChangeLog could 
> be either encrypted or replaced by e.g. http addresses.
>
> > From carefully analyzing some of the countless spam mails and delivery 
>
> failure notification mails, it looks like as if the ChangeLog file is 
> one of the major sources for the spam robots.  Maybe, for the moment it 
> would suffice to just protect (i.e. cryptify or remove) the addresses on 
> the online version of the ChangeLog file at 
> http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.5/Documentation/out-www/ChangeLog.html
> (and analogously for older versions of lily), but on the long term, I

Removing the ChangeLog might be a good idea anyway, since it is not of 
much use for users. However, I oppose to scrambling email addresses 
everywhere. It doesn't solve the problem of spam and worm-mail (your 
address is broadcast via the mailinglist to virus-infested platforms 
anyway), and it makes our job as maintainers harder. If you have a lot 
of spam, you should consider using automated filters (eg. spamassassin 
or thunderbird junkmail controls.)

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