---- Original message ---- >Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 14:46:48 -0400 >From: Eric Lease Morgan <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib listserv archives [munging] >To: [log in to unmask] > >On Jul 18, 2007, at 1:44 PM, Eric Lease Morgan wrote: > >>> I say 'yes', as long as the archives don't expose email addresses >>> in a >>> format suitable for harvesting. >> >> Hmmm... I do not know whether or not the mailing list software >> (LISTSERV) supports the munging of addresses, nor do I know whether >> or not the archives will even be crawlable by robots. I will check. > > >According to our technical support folks here at Notre Dame, the >mailing list archives are not suppose to be crawlable by things like >Google, etc, but just as importantly, according to the same people, >it is not possible to munge email addresses in archives so they are >not harvestable/readable. > it is not possible to do that? That's odd, I thought ListServ let you do that option. Of course, finding it in their documentation may not be an easy exercise. I guess if no email munging is there I'm a little torn. On one hand, I'm not sure if having my email address a little less visible will help much with spam. I guess my vote is still yes. Meanwhile I guess I'll start working with filters ;). Jon Gorman