Re: posting email addresses

From: Jerry Bryant [MSFT] (jbryant_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 10/07/03 

Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2003 08:38:53 -0700

So this is all in regards to the web based interface. We have just developed
a new web based newsgroup interface and are starting to deploy it. Here is
an example:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/community/newsgroups/dgbrowser/en-us/default.mspx?dg=microsoft.public.scripting.virus.discussion

In this new interface, we give the user the option to use an anonymous
address (default setting) or type in their address. We also have a link for
information about email privacy which has the information below.

We understand that this is an issue and are working to update all of our web
interfaces to this new version.

Email privacy information:

To avoid receiving unwanted messages (spam) in your regular e-mail account,
you may not want to include your regular e-mail address when you post a
question or reply to a post in a discussion group. Instead you may want to
do one of the following:

Use an anonymous e-mail address By default, when you post a question or
reply, the Don't show it option is selected under Your e-mail address in the
New thread or Reply form. This option uses an anonymous address in your
messages.

Use a modified e-mail address Use a different version of your e-mail
address that others will understand, but that spam tools can't automatically
pick up. For example, if your actual e-mail address is
emailname@account.com, use emailname(removethis)@account.com as your
modified e-mail address. In this case, the spam tools will send mail to an
invalid e-mail address, and others will know to exclude the (removethis)
when they send you e-mail. When you post a question or reply to a discussion
group, select the Show it option under Your e-mail address in the New thread
or Reply form, then enter your modified e-mail address in the Show it box.

Use a secondary e-mail account Set up or use an e-mail account, such as a
Hotmail account, that is separate from your primary account for posting to
discussion groups. When you post a question or reply to a discussion group,
select the Show it option under Your e-mail address in the New thread or
Reply form, then enter your hotmail account in the Show it box. 

-- 
Regards,
Jerry Bryant - MCSE, MCDBA
Microsoft IT Communities
Get Secure! www.microsoft.com/security
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"gavin" <no@spam.ta> wrote in message
news:03ff01c38cb0$41d3acf0$a001280a@phx.gbl...
> Why does Microsoft insist that you supply an email address
> in order to post when there is such a huge spam problem??
> There are creating an environment for uncontrollable spam
> like SWEN

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