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Re: Downloading from lists.debian.org/debian-user in mbox format

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On Mon, 17 May 2021 davidson wrote:
[dd]
> It seems to me that this rationale depends on a couple of unstated
> premises:
>
> 1. If published, each mbox would contain one month's worth of
> messages, all of the messages in one file.
>
> 2. it is significantly easier for spammers to download a single file
> containing one month's worth of debian-user addresses, than it is to
> crawl through individual messages (using, presumably, the posted
> monthly author-indices).
[dd]
>
> If last month's author-to-subject ratio is representative, then
> publishing monthly per-subject mboxes (instead of monthly messages
> containing all messages) would invalidate premise 2 (and contradict
> premise 1, obviously).

s/invalidate/make irrelevant/

>
> So, can anyone see a reason not to propose publishing monthly
> per-subject mboxes?

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Downloading from lists.debian.org/debian-user in mbox format Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2021-05-17 12:00 +0200
  Re: Downloading from lists.debian.org/debian-user in mbox format Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2021-05-17 16:00 +0200
    Re: Downloading from lists.debian.org/debian-user in mbox format Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2021-05-17 16:10 +0200
      Re: Downloading from lists.debian.org/debian-user in mbox format davidson <davidson@freevolt.org> - 2021-05-17 17:10 +0200
        Re: Downloading from lists.debian.org/debian-user in mbox format davidson <davidson@freevolt.org> - 2021-05-17 17:20 +0200

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