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emacs-28 1dfe9d6: Recommend against using uce.el
From: |
Stefan Kangas |
Subject: |
emacs-28 1dfe9d6: Recommend against using uce.el |
Date: |
Sat, 16 Oct 2021 08:32:34 -0400 (EDT) |
branch: emacs-28
commit 1dfe9d628535a4ba8fd902cad8563b5651c6ec36
Author: Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>
Commit: Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>
Recommend against using uce.el
* lisp/mail/uce.el: Recommend against its use. (Bug#46472)
Do not merge to master.
---
lisp/mail/uce.el | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 21 insertions(+)
diff --git a/lisp/mail/uce.el b/lisp/mail/uce.el
index b07004d..0a488e1 100644
--- a/lisp/mail/uce.el
+++ b/lisp/mail/uce.el
@@ -30,6 +30,27 @@
;; uce-reply-to-uce. Please let me know about your changes so I can
;; incorporate them. I'd appreciate it.
+;; -- !!! NOTE !!! ---------------------------------------------
+;;
+;; Replying to spam is at best pointless, but most likely actively
+;; harmful.
+;;
+;; - You will confirm that your email address is valid, thus ensuring
+;; you get more spam.
+;;
+;; - You will leak information and open yourself up for further
+;; attack. For example, they could use your \"geolocation\" to find
+;; your home address and phone number.
+;;
+;; - The sender address is likely fake.
+;;
+;; - You help them refine their methods of spamming.
+;;
+;; Therefore, we strongly recommend that you do not use this package.
+;; Use a spam filter instead, or just delete the spam.
+;;
+;; -------------------------------------------------------------
+
;; The command uce-reply-to-uce, if called when the current message
;; buffer is a UCE, will setup a reply *mail* buffer as follows. It
;; scans the full headers of the message for: 1) the normal return
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