Re: Munged and bogus addresses

From: Alun Jones [MS MVP] (alun_at_texis.com)
Date: 10/13/03 

Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 17:40:13 GMT

In article <eN8lYd6jDHA.644@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl>, "Larry Samuels MS-MVP XP
\(Shell/User\)" <larry@mvps.org> wrote:
>Example--my real address is larry@mvps.org
>If I munge it as larryNoSpam@mvps.org it will defeat the worm and anyone
>looking at the address will instantly realize they can remove NoSpam to
>reply directly to me.

As long as someone doesn't ask the mvps.org mail server if they can have the
user name "LarryNoSpam" :-) [unlikely, but it's something you might
consider - is there a chance that my munge may cause someone else to receive
my spam?]

Alun.
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