People can certainly spam you using the user-to-user interface on eBay, I've gotten plenty of offers from other eBay members to sell me something like I lost a bid on. But the only way they can get your email address is if you reply to them. There was a time when many folks naively used their email address as their eBay ID, but eBay no longer allows that for obvious reasons.
Tom P. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric > Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2004 7:58 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: EOS ebay SPAM > > Tom: > > >There's actually no way someone can get your email address from ebay. > > Perhaps. I'm not the only one with the experience of being > spammed after selling or buying on ebay. It's too > coincidental that the level of spam on that email account > rises and falls based on my ebay activity. > > There's no way a spammer can automatically pass the captcha > character recognition tests, either. Those are "bullet > proof" for proving it's a human on the other side. Except > the spammer can, and they do. > * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
