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nospam

> Is the "nospam" in your email address just a plea or warning
> to spammers, or does it have some functionality?

Nat: Spammers often "harvest" e-mail addresses from online discussion groups.
"Munging" the address makes it invalid in case an automated system attempts to
spam it, but it's easy enough for an individual human to remove the munging if
they need to reach me.
--
Phil Weber
[430 byte] By [Phil Weber] at [2007-11-9 17:46:51]
# 1 Re: nospam
Right, great idea. I guess I should be doing that. Thanks!

"Phil Weber" <pweber@nospam.fawcette.com> wrote:
> > Is the "nospam" in your email address just a plea or warning
> > to spammers, or does it have some functionality?
>
>Nat: Spammers often "harvest" e-mail addresses from online discussion groups.
>"Munging" the address makes it invalid in case an automated system attempts
to
>spam it, but it's easy enough for an individual human to remove the munging
if
>they need to reach me.
>--
>Phil Weber
>
>
Nat at 2007-11-11 23:18:05 >