[ale]OT It begins... (jumping into the middle)

[Jim Popovitch]

On Wed, 2004-02-04 at 22:25, ChangingLINKS.com wrote:

> I am beginning to think he is either pro-spam or he wants us to fail at 
> tighting up security just because he (seems to have) failed in the past.

I am pro-user.

> 
> Nonetheless, we will reach a solution (whether it is cool like graphical 
> obfuscation, or just the text based version that we already have implemented 
> on "ike") and the list will be better for it.

What you propose specifically (and singly) breaks mailto URLs. (RFC
violation?).  Additionally it has the easy potential of making email
archives a complete mess.

Honestly, show me one email archive that has achieved success AND
openness via obfuscation. 

-Jim P.