Re: [Asrg] request for review for a non FUSSP proposal

[Paul Russell <[e-mail]>]

On 6/22/2009 17:12, Claudio Telmon wrote:
> Well, this stream doubling is something many already do, keeping one
> address for close friends and business partners, not disclosing it in
> order to avoid spam and other messages. But again you're right, the
> framework would need reach a critical mass in some time, or it would be
> abandoned even by early adopters.

Back in the day when most spammers obtained addresses by harvesting them from
web pages, you could, for the most part, keep a mailbox spam-free by disclosing
your email address only to those from whom you wanted to receive email.  The sun
set on that scene long ago.  Spammers generate potential recipient addresses
based on common names and naming schemes, or harvest them from address books and
private mail archives on compromised systems.  Security by obscurity seldom
works for very long.

-- 
Paul Russell, Senior Systems Administrator
OIT Messaging Services Team
University of Notre Dame