Trying to understand nested loops

Mon Aug 8 07:59:15 EDT 2022

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dn wrote:
> On 06/08/2022 11.41, avi.e.gross at gmail.com wrote:
>> I wonder if someone is pulling our leg as they are sending from an
>> invalid email address of "GB <NOTsomeone at microsoft.invalid>" which is
>> a bit sick.
>
> There are a number of folk who use evidently false email addresses - the
> OP's had me amused.
>
> Such 'hiding' is a matter for the List-Admins (thanks for all the work
> exerted on our behalf!) and how it fits with the Code-of-Conduct.

Invalid sending addresses (email at somewhere.invalid) are a standard
practice in Usenet, to combat bots scraping posts for email addresses
(remember, Usenet predates basically all spam prevention tech).

As there is a gateway between the mailing lists and Usenet, I *imagine*
that the use of said invalid addresses are within the rules -- I mean,
if they weren't, the maintainers wouldn't keep the two lists
connected.