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To: Jeff Chandler
I generate email addresses on the fly, and if I start receiving spam, I eliminate the account. Email gets bounced back because then there is no such account.

I'm glad that works for you. There are solutions out there that suit just about anyone's needs. personally, I don't like the idea of having to change my email address on a regular basis. I like my address and plan to keep it for another 10 years if that is possible.

22 posted on 06/02/2006 7:14:26 AM PDT by zeugma (Come to the Dark Side... We have cookies!)
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To: zeugma
personally, I don't like the idea of having to change my email address on a regular basis.

I don't change my email address. I have had the same personal email address and business addresses for years.

When I buy something online, or register for something online, it works like this:

Suppose I want to buy a book from Amazon.com. I register with the email address amazon@myaccount.spam-stopper.net. When I signed up for Freerepublic, I registered as freerepublic@myaccount.spam-stopper.net. Any email I create at whatever@myaccount.spam-stopper.net is forwarded to one registration account. If I start receiving spam from an account I generated on the fly (by merely using the @myaccount.spam-stopper.net suffix), I know who sold my email address to spammers, and block that account at spam-stopper. Any email to that address gets bounced as if it doesn't exist. Meanwhile, I use my personal address for personal reasons, and my business addresses for business reasons, and they always stay clean.

23 posted on 06/02/2006 7:41:55 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Build the fence. Sí, Se Puede!)
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