Hello Thom.

28 Feb 33 06:10, you wrote to me:

 RW>>> I haven't looked, but does the robot's update announcement include
 RW>>> the email address it was sent from or just the email address in the
 RW>>> FROM field of the message?

 TL>> Includes both.....the echolist and the robot date back to times when
 TL>> spammers didn't reign supreme.

 RW>> Well, then I'm glad I use Spam Marshall with that email address.
 RW>> Unfortunately, one of my others has gotten on a XXX mailing list
 RW>> and is being inundated with sexually explicit ads. I guess I'll
 RW>> have to sign it up on Spam Marshall too.

 TL> Really sorry that the program doesn't mask all the internet
 TL> addresses.

No problem. That's why I use Spam Marshall.

 TL> Having extra throw-away addresses and filtering may be the
 TL> best(only) effective option.

I learned that when I used my primary email address when I first signed up
with PacBell's DSL, a few years ago. It became inundated with spam and
virus' to the extent that it was nearly unusable. PacBell wouldn't allow
you to change the primary, unless you wanted to be down, literally, for
two weeks. That meant that I'd be off line for too long. I check my
primary address these days, but never use it. I even had to filter Road
Runner so their advertising bounced.


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