> 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. > > >
Be carefull of having PayPal place their icon in your listing. At least in the past, the icon href contains a reference to your email address. -jim www.showmephoto.com * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
