Re: Don't buy Martin!

"Smoking Causes Lung Cancer (SCLC)" <SCLC@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote
in news:pan.2008.05.16.22.40.35@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 

> On Fri, 16 May 2008 14:53:05 +0100, Mark McNeill wrote:
> 
>> Using a false email address violates RFC 1036, for those who
>> are bothered by such things (unless I'm wrong or out of date,
>> which is entirely possible).
>> 
>> In any case I don't find it necessary: in the last couple of
>> years I've been using a real, free email address for my
>> Usenet posts; it receives very little spam, but allows Usenet
>> users to contact me without even having to de-munge.
> 
> Usenet is actively used by spammers to gather email addresses.
> Why would you use a real email address only for it to start
> being swamped with spam? 

1. so people can actually reach me
2. it's an address only used for usenet, so I don't care if it 
gets spammed.
3. Better free email providers have effective spam filters, so I 
don't get that much spam anyway.


> 
> I quickly learned that one back in the '90s. 

Ancient history. Most of your lessons are in the fossil record 
now. 







-- 
}:-)       Christopher Jahn
{:-(       http://soflatheatre.blogspot.com/

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