Steven Burn wrote:
On a sidenote, posting e-mail address's on forums/newsgroups etc etc
etc, is highly unwise as it opens you up to a whole collection of
spam and their bot's.
I'm not sure I agree. You can reply directly to this address and I will get
your post. True, I get a fair amount of garbage through it, but no more than
from any of my other addresses, each of which I have protected jealously
over the years.
So even though I use Spammotel[1] to generate throwaway addresses and
Bugmenot[2] (one of the *BEST* Firefox extensions ever) to browse the web
somewhat anonymously, I still get a ton of spam, just like everyone[3].
On a side note, my former employer finally cut off a huge source of spam for
me personally -- my old employee account. When I left, I set it up to
forward to my new address, and my employer forgot to shut it down until a
recent audit -- and even then, they sent notice that the account would be
closing in 6 weeks.
I left there almost 5 years ago. I haven't used that address for 5 years,
but it still gets buckets and buckets of spam.
[1]
http://spammotel.com/
[2]
http://bugmenot.com/
[3] But since Spammotel can customize the Subject lines before forwarding
messages, I can easily filter them into quarantine. I do this rather than
simply delete for two reasons: (1) so people really can reach me directly,
and (2) in case I ever decide to act on my disclaimer.
--
Dave Anderson
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of this email address implies consent to these terms. Please do not contact
me directly or ask me to contact you directly for assistance. If your
question is worth asking, it's worth posting.