diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 3bae2f35a..5f9db3b5e 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Backends:
  apple:         Milon Firikis
  artec:         Chris Pinkham
  artec_eplus48u:Sergey Vlasov, Andreas Nowack, David Stevenson, and
-                Michael Herder (*)
+                Michael Herder
  as6e:          Eugene S. Weiss (*)
  avision:       Meino Christian Cramer, Rene Rebe (*)
  bh:            Tom Martone
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ Matthew Marjanovic <maddog@mir.com>
 Mattias Ellert <mattias.ellert@tsl.uu.se>
 Max Vorobiev <pcwizard@yandex.ru>
 Meino Christian Cramer <mccramer@s.netic.de>
-Michael Herder <crapsite@gmx.net>
+Michael Herder <crapmail@nurfuerspam.de>
 Michael K. Johnson <johnsonm@redhat.com>
 Michel Roelofs <michelr@stack.nl>
 Milon Firikis <milonf@ariadne-t.gr>
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a18e66f22..6431c7b00 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2005-10-16  Henning Meier-Geinitz <henning@meier-geinitz.de>
+
+	* AUTHORS: Marked Michael Herder as not active. No activity since
+	  some time, most email addresses bounce, no response to
+	  pings. Changed contact address to the only one that doesn't
+	  directly bounce.
+
 2005-10-15  Jochen Eisinger <jochen@penguin-breeder.org>
 
 	* doc/descriptions/mustek_pp.desc: add Medion MD9806 scanner as