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Spam
- newsgroup discussions are archived and made
available to Internet search engines
- messages (postings) and signature files contain
e-mail address
- automated software is used by spammers to gather
e-mail addresses from the archives
- the following websites offer suggestions for
avoiding spam:
http://www.ao.net/waytosuccess/nospam.html
http://www.cnet.com/Content/Features/Howto/Stop/ss04.html?st.cn.nws.rl.cn
- users of e-mail ListServs are less vulnerable
because their discussions may not be archived
(check the Frequently Asked Questions [FAQ] file)
- websites too can be "trolled" for
e-mail addresses
- be wary of having your e-mail address
listed on a website, unless necessary
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