David W.E. Roberts wrote:
I use a special email address ' for Usenet postings
because bad people harvest email addresses from newsgroup postings and then
sell them to spammers.

In just over year, I bet I've had about 300 "spam" e-mails, most of
which (IMO) have come from non-Usenet sources. There are only about
a hundred people on usenet, anyway, so it's not a prime resource
for e-mail address "harvesting".

"Chris Bacon" wrote after David W.E. Roberts wrote:
I use a special email address ' for Usenet postings
because bad people harvest email addresses from newsgroup postings and
then
sell them to spammers.

In just over year, I bet I've had about 300 "spam" e-mails, most of
which (IMO) have come from non-Usenet sources. There are only about
a hundred people on usenet, anyway, so it's not a prime resource
for e-mail address "harvesting".

Lucky you, when I came back from a week away recently I had 47 real mails
and 584 spam.

--
Regards
Bob Hobden
17mls W. of London.UK

In article ,
Chris Bacon writes:
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| In just over year, I bet I've had about 300 "spam" e-mails, most of
| which (IMO) have come from non-Usenet sources. There are only about
| a hundred people on usenet, anyway, so it's not a prime resource
| for e-mail address "harvesting".

Er, are you SURE? Try a hundred thousand.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message
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In article ,
Chris Bacon writes:
|
| In just over year, I bet I've had about 300 "spam" e-mails, most of
| which (IMO) have come from non-Usenet sources. There are only about
| a hundred people on usenet, anyway, so it's not a prime resource
| for e-mail address "harvesting".

Er, are you SURE? Try a hundred thousand.

Even that is a little low!

Alan



Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

"Chris Bacon" wrote in message
...
David W.E. Roberts wrote:
I use a special email address ' for Usenet postings
because bad people harvest email addresses from newsgroup postings and
then
sell them to spammers.

In just over year, I bet I've had about 300 "spam" e-mails, most of
which (IMO) have come from non-Usenet sources. There are only about
a hundred people on usenet, anyway, so it's not a prime resource
for e-mail address "harvesting".

100 people on Usenet? I should have thought there were more than that using
this newsgroup alone.
Thanks to mail washer I no longer have a problem with Spam and if people
want to waste their time sending it I don't care

--
Charlie, gardening in Cornwall.
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of National Plant Collection of Clematis viticella (cvs)

"Chris Bacon" wrote in message
...
David W.E. Roberts wrote:
I use a special email address ' for Usenet postings
because bad people harvest email addresses from newsgroup postings and
then
sell them to spammers.

In just over year, I bet I've had about 300 "spam" e-mails, most of
which (IMO) have come from non-Usenet sources. There are only about
a hundred people on usenet, anyway, so it's not a prime resource
for e-mail address "harvesting".

I think you are a little short on the number of people using the internet,
if you added about 10 '0's to your estimate it would be a little closer.

Alan

"Alan Holmes" wrote
"Chris Bacon" wrote

In just over year, I bet I've had about 300 "spam" e-mails, most of
which (IMO) have come from non-Usenet sources. There are only about
a hundred people on usenet, anyway, so it's not a prime resource
for e-mail address "harvesting".

I think you are a little short on the number of people using the internet,
if you added about 10 '0's to your estimate it would be a little closer.
Alan

http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats.htm
Jenny :~)