On Saturday, September 25, 1999, Ali Martin wrote:
>> It seems to me the best and surest thing to do if you are concerned
>> about exposing your email address is not include it...
> The problem with this, though I've already done this is that I can't
> remove the address from previous posts that are archived and already on
> the server. :)
Well, I wouldn't worry about it too much. There are only a few messages
up there which will quickly become diluted by the torrent of messages to
the list.
>> I personally can't get too agitated about spam...
> I joined *one* newsgroup ..... *one* ..... and in a short time I was
> getting up to 10 spam messages per day.
This is why people don't use their real email addresses for newsgroups
any longer.
> Now you can see where I'm coming from. It took about four months after
> removing my e-mail address for the spam to slow down to an average of
> 2-3 per day. You're ISP is probably assisting you there.
No, they're not. Spam does tend to be generated from certain types of
NGs more than some others.
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Paula Ford
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