Not really fake, is it?  Just misleading.

CLAN RCR wrote:
> No. This thread is now about fake email addresses that appear to have a
> relationships to software companies.
>
> -Matt
>
> On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 3:51 PM, msleeper <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>   
>> Why are we discussing this, isn't there still plenty of arguing to do
>> about the map change bug still?
>>
>> Sent from my PC
>>
>>
>> On Wed, 2009-02-04 at 15:47 -0600, CLAN RCR wrote:
>>     
>>> Out of everything you could have put though.. Why Valvesoftware.com@ etc..
>>>
>>> Not to beat a seemingly dead horse, or over complicate the simple.. But
>>> prior to you explaining why you do it, I just assumed you had some
>>> affiliation with Valve..
>>>
>>> Anyway, It's just an aesthetics.. But if it were me, I'd change it just
>>>       
>> so I
>>     
>>> didn't have to keep explaining why I do it, or that I have no affiliation
>>> with Valve. ..But like I said.. 'That's me'.
>>>
>>> -Matt
>>>
>>> On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 3:19 PM, Patrick Shelley <[email protected]>
>>>       
>> wrote:
>>     
>>>> i must admit it has made me think in the past that your email address
>>>> is from valve software. i agree you could have used hlds or similar.
>>>>
>>>> it makes you look like a 'wanna be' imho!
>>>>
>>>> On 04/02/2009, Mike Stiehm <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>         
>>>>> Just saying that when you use "valvesoftware.com" it could be miss
>>>>> leading to some people. You can justify it anyway you would like.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>
>>>>> On Feb 4, 2009, at 1:42 PM, [email protected] wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>>>>>> Why is that.. does the address make me seem like someone who gets
>>>>>> their
>>>>>> e-mail service from dynamicbits.com?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> When I start getting spam, I like to know where it originated. If it
>>>>>> comes to xyzcomp...@*, then I suspect that either my address is
>>>>>> publicly
>>>>>> visible at their site, or they allowed my address to fall into the
>>>>>> hand
>>>>>> of spammers (either directly or indirectly).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If you take a look at, for example, bugzilla.mozilla.org and look
>>>>>>             
>> at
>>     
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> addresses in the CC list for a lot of the bugs, you'll find that the
>>>>>> practice of using an address other than [email protected] is
>>>>>>             
>> more
>>     
>>>>>> common than you think. With proper filters in your e-mail client (if
>>>>>> you
>>>>>> use any), this practice shouldn't cause any problems.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The fact is that I have neither done, nor attempted to do anything
>>>>>> misleading, but I appreciate your opinion on the matter. Now, can we
>>>>>> get
>>>>>> back to a topic actually related to hlds?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Andy
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, 3 Feb 2009 14:08:00 -0600, "Mike Stiehm"
>>>>>> <[email protected]>
>>>>>> said:
>>>>>>             
>>>>>>> Your list name is a little miss leading
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Feb 3, 2009, at 1:56 PM, [email protected]:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>               
>>>>>>>> That is simply not true because a computer doesn't know if it is
>>>>>>>> in a
>>>>>>>> DMZ or not. An application can tell what connections are
>>>>>>>>                 
>> allowed/not
>>     
>>>>>>>> allowed and *guess*, like uTorrent does, but that is about it. It
>>>>>>>> almost
>>>>>>>> seems as if whoever wrote that doesn't know what a DMZ is.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> Andy
>>>>>>>>                 
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