Re: Suggestion
From: Torgeir Bakken (MVP) (Torgeir.Bakken-spam_at_hydro.com)
Date: 02/28/04
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Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2004 00:40:14 +0100
Janelle wrote:
> Before people sigh into the forums, there should maybe be
> a very clear warning regarding posting your "real" email
> address to stop swen??? Just a suggestion.. I notice an
> awful lot of people do use their actual email addy.
Hi
Microsoft is actually warning you about using your regular e-mail account in a
unmodified form, e.g. here on the main page where many enter the newsgroups:
http://support.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.aspx
And in the field where you type in your e-mail address, there is a link that
says "More about email and privacy..." where the following is stated:
<quote>
About e-mail addresses and privacy
People who send unwanted bulk e-mail (spammers) regularly gather e-mail
addresses from discussion groups. It is likely that if you use your actual,
unmodified e-mail address in a discussion group, you will receive unwanted
messages (spam) in your regular e-mail account. To help prevent 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 someone@example.com, use
someone(removethis)@example.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.
</quote>
-- torgeir Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of the 1328 page Scripting Guide: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter
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