On Oct 23, 16:35, Iggy Drougge wrote:
> Mike Ford skrev:
> >Just for laughs I made a search just now of my email address
> >mikeford_at_socal.rr.com, and I got 233 hits via the Google usenet group
> >search. I really honestly only get maybe 5 bits of spam a day, and 80%
of
> >those I know I foolishly signed up for at some time recently. Have you
> >spamphobs ever considered that maybe you get a lot of spam because you
mung
> >your email address, or that you don't have a profile in any spam
databanks?
> I did a Google Groups search as well, and got over 10 000 hits on my
address.
> Perhaps is one subjected to spam because one is an active netizen?
Well, I just tried a Google Groups search, for comparison, and got 14 hits.
I got 1020 from a straight Google (web) search, the majority from
ClassicCmp (at least amongst the first few screenfuls).
I don't especially like munged addresses either, but providing it's obvious
(and obvious how to undo the obfuscation) I think it may be a necessary
evil at times.
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
Received on Tue Oct 23 2001 - 12:29:14 BST