Re: How do you use md5sum?

From: Newsbox (nospam_for_me_please_at_thanks.invalid)
Date: 04/30/05


Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 23:46:58 -0400

On Fri, 29 Apr 2005 23:33:01 +0000, Ohmster wrote:

> Newsbox <nospam_for_me_please@thanks.invalid> wrote in news:Y4SdnVFR-
> MluMe_fRVn-1w@acadia.net:
>
>> But the fact that it *may* *not* *be* a "real e-mail address" doesn't
>> alter the fact that it *_is_* a real domain, and that the owners of that
>> domain and others may be inconvenienced by your carelessness.
>>
>> Change your fake address to one that is truly and irrevocably at an
>> invalid domain or TLD. It is way, way rude to be putting other people at
>> risk.
>>
>> Thanks for learning, and best wishes.
>
> Thanks for the tip, give me suggestions, please. I have my "real" reply
> address after my signature that is easy to assemble. I really don't want
> anything in the normal reply address, I only used notareal@emailaddress.com
> because it seemed to be pretty self-explanitory. Suggest soemthing, if it
> sounds okay and works, I will use it. Thanks for the tip.

I did give you a suggestion in my message. Instead of using ".com",
".net", ".org", ".uk" or any other valid TLD, end your fake address with
".invalid". No real domain will ever end that way.

Of course I'm not suggesting anyone break rules, but at least avoid
unnecessarily putting others at risk. Best wishes.



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