Re: [Sks-devel] IPv6 keyserver trying to synch with keyserver.kjsl.org

[Matthew Palmer]

On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 05:56:03PM -0400, Phil Pennock wrote:
> On 2011-06-17 at 04:06 +1000, Matthew Palmer wrote:
> > On that topic, it'd be really handy if the stats page of a server had a
> > contact e-mail address listed in there... (real, honest-to-goodness, legit
> > hostnames would also be nice).
> 
> No, web-pages get scraped by spammers 

Between brute force and malware scraping address books, any operative
e-mail address is going to get spam.  Hiding your e-mail address is not an
effective anti-spam approach.

> and the email addresses are not
> your data to disclose, but information entrusted to you.

What the hell does this have to do with a server admin putting their own
e-mail address?

> You can put email addresses in your membership file, because it accepts
> inline comments.  This is the usual approach.

And it's insufficient when someone needs to get in contact with the admin of
a server that isn't a peer -- which is the situation being discussed in this
thread.

- Matt

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