Email ID - to our beloved Mod
Posted by Carol Lopez on November 27, 2018, 8:20 am
Hi Daniel, maybe you told us, but what is the reason we don't automatically post our email address anymore? Is it a privacy issue, and the rule is coming from Boardhost? If so, then doesn't posting our address in the body of the message leave us open to SPAM? As opposed to posting the address more anonymously by using the little white envelope? | -----------------Re: Email ID - to our beloved Mod
Posted by Moderator on November 27, 2018, 8:41 am, in reply to "Email ID - to our beloved Mod" Edited by board administrator November 27, 2018, 8:50 am
The changes were implemented by Boardhost to get into compliance with the GDPR (general data protection regulation) that passed in Europe. Email addresses in the body of the message are not hashed like they were in the email box and are more susceptible to spam. But the email harvesters are so sophisticated that it doesn't make much difference these days. Similar to the code one puts in to post, it stops only the new spammer's, the majority get around that requirement with little effort. I don't like the email box being gone, it give me less control over who is posting, some that are not from La Manzanilla are starting to creep into the discussions, sometimes with controversial or fear based comments. I wrote to Boardhost and asked if there was something I could do to get the board back like it was? They said no. So we all have to watch who we respond to, are they known by the people of La Manzanilla? There are those who like to troll, to get people riled up just for the fun of seeing them fall for it. So I just have to do a bit more moderating which is difficult as I can't email those who I don't know and ask who they are. The golden days of the Internet are fading. There are serious repercussions for communications about the wrong people and legal issues abound. Communication is under attack just at the time when we get real communication. Here are a couple of websites if you care to get involved. https://www.article19.org/ https://www.eff.org/ | -----------------Re: Email ID - to our beloved Mod
Posted by Carol L on November 27, 2018, 9:27 am, in reply to "Re: Email ID - to our beloved Mod"
Thanks, Daniel. I understand better now. So if we post our cell # as a reply to people, are the trolls or spammers starting to go after those as well? | -----------------Re: Email ID - to our beloved Mod
Posted by Moderator on November 27, 2018, 9:45 am, in reply to "Re: Email ID - to our beloved Mod"
Not sure about that Carol. I hear stories about how bad the spam calls are up North, here I persoanlly never get spam calls on my cell. I do get plenty of spam calls on my landline, all from Telmex and spam messages on my cell, all from Telmex! You may have a good idea there. | -----------------separate email address...
Posted by Dean on November 27, 2018, 10:16 am, in reply to "Re: Email ID - to our beloved Mod"
Carol, just set up a new email address to use only for the message board, easy to do... All of your information is already out there
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Posted by Dean on November 27, 2018, 10:16 am, in reply to "Re: Email ID - to our beloved Mod"
Carol, just set up a new email address to use only for the message board, easy to do... All of your information is already out there
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