<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: Re: [MUD-Dev] Meta: who dat guy, wot dat web? --> <!--X-From-R13: Yngevan [pQyryna <xvgxngNgur486.oenqyrl.rqh> --> <!--X-Date: Tue, 07 Apr 1998 17:39:42 +0000 --> <!--X-Message-Id: Pine.LNX.3.93.980407122241.4552A-100000#the486,bradley.edu --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Reference: 199803070807.2731970.7#shadow,null.net --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, Re: [MUD-Dev] Meta: who dat guy, wot dat web?</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:kitkat#the486,bradley.edu"> </head> <body background="/backgrounds/paperback.gif" bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" alink="#FF0000" vlink="#006000"> <font size="+4" color="#804040"> <strong><em>MUD-Dev<br>mailing list archive</em></strong> </font> <br> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] <br clear=all><hr> <!--X-Body-Begin--> <!--X-User-Header--> <!--X-User-Header-End--> <!--X-TopPNI--> Date: [ <a href="msg00050.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00052.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg00048.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00050.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#00051">Author</A> | <A HREF="#00051">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#00051">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>Re: [MUD-Dev] Meta: who dat guy, wot dat web?</H1> <HR> <!--X-Subject-Header-End--> <!--X-Head-of-Message--> <UL> <LI><em>To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#null,net">mud-dev#null,net</A></LI> <LI><em>Subject</em>: Re: [MUD-Dev] Meta: who dat guy, wot dat web?</LI> <LI><em>From</em>: Katrina McClelan <<A HREF="mailto:kitkat#the486,bradley.edu">kitkat#the486,bradley.edu</A>></LI> <LI><em>Date</em>: Tue, 7 Apr 1998 12:29:01 -0500 (CDT)</LI> </UL> <!--X-Head-of-Message-End--> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-Begin--> <HR> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-End--> <!--X-Body-of-Message--> <PRE> On Tue, 7 Apr 1998 coder#ibm,net wrote: > Writing as list owner: > > This came up before, as well as the concern with spammers skimming the > pages for email addresses. To this end all email addresses on the web > pages in the message headers, bodies and signatures, will be munged. > Currently I munge them simply: translating the at-sign ("@") to a hash > ("#"). I can easily go further and translate periods to commas, or even > the at-sign to the string " at ", or use random selection from a number of > patterns. > > The form of the munging is (will be) clearly stated on the web pages. > That is probably sufficient. I personally just delete the spam. Then I have no limit on HD space and don't have to download it all over a modem, and I can quite easily see why people would dislike it. :) > >Of course, we're all "elitist" according to some people on usenet anyway > >:) > > Truth to tell; by simple definition this is an implicitly elitist society. > I'm also damned proud of that fact. > I know, and expressly agree. > There are problems with keeping the list compleatly closed, the most > significant of which are that without more active recruitment of new > members (I think three of us are reponsible for almost the entire current > membership (getting close to 100)) and the resulting import of new topics > the list will eventually die either thru endless topical incest (we all > know what each other is doing, and have hashed over the same weary old > coals too many times to be interested) or simple lack of relevance. > Ok, I'll stand corrected. "Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things to wonderful for me to know" (Job 42:3) :) -Katrina </PRE> <!--X-Body-of-Message-End--> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <HR> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <UL><LI><STRONG>References</STRONG>: <UL> <LI><STRONG><A NAME="00046" HREF="msg00046.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Meta: who dat guy, wot dat web?</A></STRONG> <UL><LI><EM>From:</EM> coder#ibm,net</LI></UL></LI> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00050.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: [Fwd: MUD-Dev]</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00052.html">[META] Mailing lists</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00048.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Meta: who dat guy, wot dat web?</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00050.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: [Fwd: MUD-Dev]</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="index.html#00051"><STRONG>Date</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thread.html#00051"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> <!--X-BotPNI-End--> <!--X-User-Footer--> <!--X-User-Footer-End--> <ul><li>Thread context: <BLOCKQUOTE><UL> <LI><STRONG>Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: [Fwd: MUD-Dev]</STRONG>, <EM>(continued)</EM> <ul compact> <ul compact> <LI><strong><A NAME="00045" HREF="msg00045.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: [Fwd: MUD-Dev]</A></strong>, Katrina McClelan <a href="mailto:kitkat#the486,bradley.edu">kitkat#the486,bradley.edu</a>, Tue 07 Apr 1998, 08:47 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00046" HREF="msg00046.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Meta: who dat guy, wot dat web?</A></strong>, coder <a href="mailto:coder#ibm,net">coder#ibm,net</a>, Tue 07 Apr 1998, 15:08 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00047" HREF="msg00047.html">Meta: who dat guy, wot dat web?</A></strong>, s001gmu <a href="mailto:s001gmu#nova,wright.edu">s001gmu#nova,wright.edu</a>, Tue 07 Apr 1998, 16:31 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00048" HREF="msg00048.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Meta: who dat guy, wot dat web?</A></strong>, J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Tue 07 Apr 1998, 16:46 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00051" HREF="msg00051.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Meta: who dat guy, wot dat web?</A></strong>, Katrina McClelan <a href="mailto:kitkat#the486,bradley.edu">kitkat#the486,bradley.edu</a>, Tue 07 Apr 1998, 17:39 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00050" HREF="msg00050.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: [Fwd: MUD-Dev]</A></strong>, Travis S. Casey <a href="mailto:efindel#io,com">efindel#io,com</a>, Tue 07 Apr 1998, 17:15 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00052" HREF="msg00052.html">[META] Mailing lists</A></strong>, Katrina McClelan <a href="mailto:kitkat#the486,bradley.edu">kitkat#the486,bradley.edu</a>, Tue 07 Apr 1998, 17:49 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00056" HREF="msg00056.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] [META] Mailing lists</A></strong>, Travis S. Casey <a href="mailto:efindel#io,com">efindel#io,com</a>, Tue 07 Apr 1998, 19:46 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00060" HREF="msg00060.html">META: The web presence and wot it ain't gonna be</A></strong>, J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Tue 07 Apr 1998, 22:27 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </ul> </ul> </LI> </UL></BLOCKQUOTE> </ul> <hr> <center> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] </center> <hr> </body> </html>