I was going to put mine down then it asked for a confirmation
email...Nice try i
wonder what they send you after you have clicked ????
In my case, absolutely nothing
Neil
Some do, some don't. Most sites force you to enter an email address for
validation to prevent automated spamming and possibly malicious intent
(someone signing you up to something without your knowledge - stops me
signing up every QL user I know to QL Forum and this list without their
knowledge, for example).
Must admit, if a site I don't know wants an email address from me, I usually
avoid it if I'm unsure.
That said, there are some "temporary" (short-lived) email address services
you can use just for signing up to websites like this to avoid using your
"regular" email address - once the short-life email address dies after
you've had long enough to sign up and respond to a validation email address,
they can't spam your "regular" email address if you are unsure about a site.
I suppose it pays to have an extra email address you can use just for
purposes like this, to control spam etc. That way, once you are satisfied
the website is bona fide, they will let you alter your email address later
to your regular email address if you wish. I'd probably go as far as to say
that unless you are 100% happy with a site, NEVER use your regular email
address to sign up to anything.
Dilwyn Jones
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