Re: Anonymous Web Surfing

From: Bob Askey (askeyb@hotmail.com)
Date: 04/13/03 

From: askeyb@hotmail.com (Bob Askey)
Date: 13 Apr 2003 09:18:06 -0700

derek / nul <abuse@sgrail.org> wrote in message news:<r84h9vg63rhc4ko1tcbh7sb5iq5q031q2v@4ax.com>...
> On 12 Apr 2003 12:37:47 -0700, askeyb@hotmail.com (Bob Askey) wrote:
>
> >Does anyone know of software that they would recommend or a method of
> >being able to do web browsing and keep your account anonymous?
> >Nothing to hide just tired of sites that track your browsing and send
> >garbage mail.
>
> Browsing sites does not get you garbage mail, you have to leave your email
> address.
>

I guess your partly right but you do not have to leave your address to
get spam.

I called a support number for an app for information. I was told for
example you post on a newsgroup. Your e-mail address is invalid that
you display. Spammers can determine your actual e-mail address by
tracing the IP address. Not sure if that is totally true. My IP is
not static so it changes. I am not sure how often it changes I
haven't tracked that. Where I work we have traced a few spam messages
using the IP etc. not the actual bogus address displayed.
 
> >Would like to find a good e-mail filtering app for Outlook express
> >also.
> >
> >thanks

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