-> RC> On Aug 04 09:52, 1997, Chris Holten of 1:303/1 wrote:
 TC>                                                 ^^^^^^^
CH-> RC> I (regularly?) get junk e-mail in my Fido netmail.
  -> RC> Which is interesting, because I have never posted my
  -> RC> Fido address on the I-net.
CH->I never have. Not to say that won't change as all a 
CH->junkmailer needs to do
  ->converted the fidonet nodelist into internet e-mail 
  ->address and he could se
  ->thme as "verified" e-mail address's as they are 
  ->verified once a week by the
  ->NIC.
 TC>                                    ^^^^^^^^
 TC> What you both fail to realize is that your address has gone out in
 TC> *every* message you have written! The spammers just D/L a mail packet
 TC> and match the posters name with the FIDO address. It's not rocket
 TC> science.
I think we both realize that Todd or we wouldn't be discussing it. The 
Fidonet is is a 30,000 verifyed real name/email address with people with a 
special interest in computers. All a spammer has to do is get ahold of a 
nodelist and he has it. (Didn't I already say that?)
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