Author: Marc Sherman Date: To: exim-users Subject: Re: [exim] web archive obfuscating mail addresses in message bodies
Tony Finch wrote: >
> Indeed. The main problem with obfuscation IME is when domains are
> obfuscated, because it's harder to verify if the problem is a DNS
> configuration error or an Exim configuration error. Obfuscation of local
> parts is less of a problem, so long as it is done consistently. Domain
> names are not personal data, so obfuscating them does not protect
> against DPA violations.
I find that any obfuscation, even just local part obfuscation, tends to
lead to posters screwing up their data (deleting a character that should
have been left in place such as a local-part-suffix separator,
obfuscating two distinct addresses with different characteristics to the
same thing, etc).
