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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>How do I reload the relay without restarting it?</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:nusenu-lists@riseup.net">nusenu</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Sunday, July 1, 2018 2:07 AM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:tor-relays@lists.torproject.org">tor-relays@lists.torproject.org</a><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [tor-relays] Contact info obfscation</p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Keifer Bly:</p><p class=MsoNormal>> So I just changed my torrc file contactinfo to Keifer dot bly at</p><p class=MsoNormal>> gmail dot com</p><p class=MsoNormal>> </p><p class=MsoNormal>> Do I need to restart my relay for this to take effect?</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>restart is not required but you need to reload it</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> Will doing this make it more difficult for spammers to reach my</p><p class=MsoNormal>> address?</p><p class=MsoNormal> </p><p class=MsoNormal>yes, probably (for some spammers/harvesters)</p><p class=MsoNormal>but updating the contactinfo will not remove older contactinfo</p><p class=MsoNormal>strings since they are all archived and so spammers can still</p><p class=MsoNormal>see the former (non-obfuscated) version of that contactinfo string</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> Will that make it more difficult for people who legitimately want to</p><p class=MsoNormal>> contact the relay operator who aren’t spammers to contact me?</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If they want to do it automatically: yes</p><p class=MsoNormal>if they do it manually: probably not</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-- </p><p class=MsoNormal>https://twitter.com/nusenu_</p><p class=MsoNormal>https://mastodon.social/@nusenu</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>