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OT - hiding email details on newsgroups
Please could someone explain how I disguise my email details when using
newsgroups? My email address appears to have been harvested from this one already. Thanks Vicky |
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OT - hiding email details on newsgroups
On Thu, 6 May 2004 09:12:07 +0100, "Vicky"
wrote: let's have a look at your headers: From: "Vicky" yes, there it is for all to see! Newsgroups: uk.rec.gardening Subject: OT - hiding email details on newsgroups Date: Thu, 6 May 2004 09:12:07 +0100 Lines: 9 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409 there's one born every minute! get yourself a decent newsreader client for a start then in the 'from' field put some thing like ' and in the reply-to field something like vickyversa at yahoo dot co dot uk which a human can read (and edit) if they need to but a machine won't recognize. you MAY be able to do something similar with OE but I can't check as I wont have that piece of crap on my machine. either way, it's way too late for the address that's already been harvested. hth Derek |
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Hi Vicky
If you are using Outlook Express, go to toolsaccountsand choose your mail account from the options there and then where it shows your email address, add some words to the middle of it (take a look at my address) You would know what words to remove, but the email harvesters arent clever enough (yet) to unmung the address! You can put a totally fake address in the box, however its best to just add a few words that a person can understand so ppl can reply to you if need be. Hope this is clear lol "Vicky" wrote in message ... Please could someone explain how I disguise my email details when using newsgroups? My email address appears to have been harvested from this one already. Thanks Vicky |
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OT - hiding email details on newsgroups
"Vicky" wrote in message ... Please could someone explain how I disguise my email details when using newsgroups? My email address appears to have been harvested from this one already. Thanks Vicky Vicky, OT Answer Assuming you are using IE goto 'Tools' - 'Accounts'. Then select the 'News' tab. You should then be able to select the news server that you use, click on 'Properties' and chage your e-mail address to something with a valid format i.e. , but which is not real. Hope this helps. |
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OT - hiding email details on newsgroups
Thanks everyone - done it and I hope it's worked.
Vicky - occasionally brain-dead when it comes to computers! |
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"Vicky" wrote in message
... Thanks everyone - done it and I hope it's worked. Vicky - occasionally brain-dead when it comes to computers! you might want to rethink that "invalid" address, tho, home.co.uk is a real domain name, which means that the spammer's mail will probably be delivered to their servers instead and either bounced or delivered to some unfortunate with the mail address "vicky" there. LID would be a better address that (I think) will be accepted by IE as a valid email address. You might also want to add a signature to your posts containing a munged email address so that folks genuinely wanting to email you are able to do so (that is entirely a personal preference though). It seems to work - I don't recall getting any spam addressed to my email contained within my sig. -- Richard Sampson email me at richard at olifant d-ot co do-t uk |
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On Thu, 6 May 2004 09:38:44 +0100, Vicky unleashed the following:
Thanks everyone - done it and I hope it's worked. Vicky - occasionally brain-dead when it comes to computers! You do realise that home.co.uk is a registered domain. -- *geggie*: 'Just you shut your geggie, pal' *The Patter - Michael Munro* |
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"Derek Turner" wrote in message ... : On Thu, 6 May 2004 09:12:07 +0100, "Vicky" : wrote: : : let's have a look at your headers: : : From: "Vicky" : : yes, there it is for all to see! : : Newsgroups: uk.rec.gardening : Subject: OT - hiding email details on newsgroups : Date: Thu, 6 May 2004 09:12:07 +0100 : Lines: 9 : X-Priority: 3 : X-MSMail-Priority: Normal : X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409 : : there's one born every minute! : get yourself a decent newsreader client for a start : then in the 'from' field put some thing like ' : and in the reply-to field something like vickyversa at yahoo dot : co dot uk which a human can read (and edit) if they need to but a : machine won't recognize. : : you MAY be able to do something similar with OE but I can't check as I : wont have that piece of crap on my machine. either way, it's way too : late for the address that's already been harvested. : : hth : Derek : You're a happy, helpful little soul aren't you? A Willwesher |
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Oops - try again - thanks Richard
Vicky you might want to rethink that "invalid" address, tho, home.co.uk is a real domain name, |
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OT - hiding email details on newsgroups
In message , Vicky
writes Thanks everyone - done it and I hope it's worked. Vicky - occasionally brain-dead when it comes to computers! Vicky, do you work for a firm of online Estate Agents? - If not I think they may be Very unhappy that you are offering their employee named Vicky as a sacrificial UCE address. You need to change it an address which is yours but which you don't read or to an address that really is false. Secondly, I think it is useful to actually offer a working Reply-To address - mine works and receives very little spam (bangs head on wall). -- dave @ stejonda "To materialist eyes, India is a developing country; to spiritual eyes, the United States is a developing country." Ram Dass |
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On Thu, 06 May 2004 09:26:23 +0100, Derek Turner
wrote: On Thu, 6 May 2004 09:12:07 +0100, "Vicky" wrote: let's have a look at your headers: From: "Vicky" yes, there it is for all to see! Newsgroups: uk.rec.gardening Subject: OT - hiding email details on newsgroups Date: Thu, 6 May 2004 09:12:07 +0100 Lines: 9 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409 there's one born every minute! Are implying that Agent users don't get spam? get yourself a decent newsreader client for a start her news reader is not the source of her problem. then in the 'from' field put some thing like ' and in the reply-to field something like vickyversa at yahoo dot co dot uk which a human can read (and edit) if they need to but a machine won't recognize. you MAY be able to do something similar with OE but I can't check as I wont have that piece of crap on my machine. either way, it's way too late for the address that's already been harvested. She can always dump her current yahoo address and create a new one. |
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OT - hiding email details on newsgroups
On Thu, 6 May 2004 10:09:33 +0100, "Vicky"
wrote: Oops - try again - thanks Richard Use something like Vicky was created to suck spam. news.individual.net which is fussy about these things will accept this address too. |
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OT - hiding email details on newsgroups
On Thu, 06 May 2004 11:51:53 +0200, martin wrote:
On Thu, 6 May 2004 10:09:33 +0100, "Vicky" wrote: Oops - try again - thanks Richard Use something like Vicky was created to suck spam. news.individual.net which is fussy about these things will accept this address too. BTW Vicky see http://privacy.net/email/ |
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OT - hiding email details on newsgroups
On Thu, 06 May 2004 11:34:58 +0200, martin wrote:
X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409 there's one born every minute! Are implying that Agent users don't get spam? no, but Agent does allow different 'from' and 'reply-to' settings (not sure that OE does) what one does with that to avoid spam is another matter. OE defaults to advertising the real e-mail address to all and sundry, Agent does not. get yourself a decent newsreader client for a start her news reader is not the source of her problem. the way it 'defaults' to posting the real e-mail address (needed for the e-mail bit) in its newsreader functions is a contributory factor here, wouldn't you say? and learn to snip, there's a good chap. |
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OT - hiding email details on newsgroups
"Derek Turner" wrote in message ... On Thu, 06 May 2004 11:34:58 +0200, martin wrote: the way it 'defaults' to posting the real e-mail address (needed for the e-mail bit) in its newsreader functions is a contributory factor here, wouldn't you say? There is no such behaviour. The email and news accounts are separate and distinct and each have their own settings. Apart from that you make a good point: it *is* shit. |
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