This is an email list (requiring that you have an active valid email
address. The OpenOffice Forum, and Microsoft forum and almost any
modern forum allows you to show (or not show) your email address. You
could solve the potential spam problem by using the OpenOffice Forum
instead of this list.
http://www.oooforum.org/
Just my 2 cents
Wolf Halton
Catwood Farms Anomaly Research
On Sat, 2006-10-21 at 19:16 +0100, Derek wrote:
> Ross,
> You are correct, I have discovered that my son used my computer to make that
> post in February 2006. Fortunately he had the foresight to use a disposable
> address when he set my computer up to use this site ("Gmane Autoauthorizer"
> checked the address before he was able to post to these gmane forums), I
> have now disposed this address hence stopping the spam mail arriving on my
> computer. It was only a few days ago (eight months after the post) that
> the spam mail began arriving on that disposable e-mail address.
> So apparently any person posting on this site with a non-disposable address
> runs a serious risk of their address being harvested, whereas any person can
> post to the Microsoft Forums with a fictitious address.
>
> Derek
>
> "Ross Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Derek,
> >
> > To squash the mystery - you posted to the users list using that address
> > back in February 2006:
> > http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=users&msgNo=114963
> >
> > Ross
> >
> > Derek wrote:
> >
> >>Terry, I have never visited that site before! Anyway I have resolved the
> >>problem now, I deleted the disposable e-mail address
> >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] used when I registered to use the gmane
> >>forums. However, I can still post using that address for these forums.
> >>Derek
> >>
> >>"Terry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> >>news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>
> >>>You asked: "How did my customised address get out from gmane records into
> >>>the public domain??????"
> >>>
> >>>The link I gave you is public domain. That's where your address got
> >>>"into the public domain". Isn't that what you asked?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>Derek wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>Terry, I don't see the relevance of your post to this thread.
> >>>>Derek
> >>>>
> >>>>"Terry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> >>>>news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>Derek wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>><snip> How did my customised address get out from gmane
> >>>>>>records into the public domain??????
> >>>>>>Derek Nicholson
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/SummarizeList?listName=users
> >>>>>
> >>>--
> >>>
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> >>
> >>
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