Posted by John Dunlop on 10/12/06 19:57

Chris F.A. Johnson:

> [John Dunlop:]
>
> > Deal with spam at your end; don't pass the buck.
>
> That's what obfuscate e-mail addresses do.

?? No. E-mail address obfuscation tries to deal with the problem at
the user's end. Its aim is to remove all trouble for the e-mail
address owner, no matter the cost to anyone else. If obfuscation dealt
with the problem at your end, it wouldn't be obfuscation since there
would be nothing to obfuscate.

> Letting spam be generated any more than necessary is passing the buck.

It is not your job to prevent spam being generated, unless you are
actively fighting against it, in which case there are better, more
effective approaches than e-mail address obfuscation.

--
Jock

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