[Enchante]

"my firm policy to not open freepmail from somebody that I don't know"

I get the other points, but do you mean merely opening a freepmail can be a vulnerability for one's privacy, or just that you don't want to read a freepmail from someone who might turn out to be a 'Rat troll? I didn't think freepmail had any identity vulnerabilities, that's why I'm asking.... I prefer to keep my privacy from 'Rat trolls, just because I don't care to be harassed by scumbags....thanks!

[prairiebreeze]

No, I didn't mean opening a freepmail would reveal your identity, sorry. But it somebody wants to speak with me, they can either figure out a way to do it on the forum, until I get to know them much better, or I probably don't need to read what they have to say anyway.

It's a policy that I feel has served me well. Trolls sometimes send annoying freepmails. Sometimes they post disgusting pornography that gets deleted from the thread but doesn't end up deleted from your ping page.

And then there are real varmint operatives like MD4.