In aus.politics brian w edginton wrote:
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FYI putting "removethis", "[remove]", "xxx" or using rot-13 in addresses that
otherwise matche a known domain or host do not at all fool the tools that
bulk gather email addresses from usenet.

And in the new era where companies regularly "datamine" the complete
20-y history of USENET and a significant percentage of web pages available
are not typically fooled by people trying to hide their identities.