Why Is Escaping Data Considered So Magical?

[Tim Chase]

On 06/26/2010 09:21 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> In message<mailman.2123.1277522976.32709.python-list at python.org>, Tim Chase
> wrote:
>
>> On 06/25/2010 07:49 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>> ...
>
> I see that you published my unobfuscated e-mail address on USENET for all to
> see. I obfuscated it for a reason, to keep the spammers away. I'm assuming
> this was a momentary lapse of judgement, for which I expect an apology.
> Otherwise, it becomes grounds for an abuse complaint to your ISP.

I'm sorry...you've got your knickers in a knot?  That your spam 
filters seem to be insufficient?  That you don't have a custom 
throwaway address for such public dialogs?  For preventing an 
"undeliverable" bounce message that your bogus address would have 
caused (if your mail provider is RFC-compliant; though your mail 
provider may kindly be breaking RFC by disabling "undeliverable" 
responses to prevent back-scatter spam)?

Is the abuse charge "waah, he replied to my actual email rather 
than the false one I spoofed"?

I'm not sure an abuse complaint to my ISP would net you anything 
since the exact out-bound headers show nothing abusive, only the 
correcting of an invalid TLD to prevent a bounce (and a distinct 
lack of USENET references in the original message that went to 
you and CC'ed python-list at python.org).

Having regularly used python.list at tim.thechases.com unobfuscated 
for easily over 5 years, the spam to this address has been almost 
negligible (or so effectively dealt with by Thunderbird's spam 
filters that I've never noticed it).

-tkc