using e-mail adresses

Posted by Mikal from proxy3.modusmedia.com on August 06, 2001 at 10:00:51:

I've been following this nasty business about the rude postings and such... and while I understand the request to use your e-mail address, I have recently decided to not do that. Here's why:

A. I started getting e-mail from someone claiming to be Micah that had links to a NIM board with very strong Nazi leanings. I don't want freaks like that to have my address.

B. My inbox recently became clogged with e-mail for various websites, mostly porno of the "Teen beastiality" type. I don't want those freaks to have my address, either.

C. When talking to my ISP about how to stop these things, they specifically said, "Don't use your e-mail address on forums. 90% of these unwanted e-mails are from people who scan forums looking for addresses."

Now, I read this forum daily. Occassionally I post. On rare occassions, I get replies. If the main result of messages I leave on this forum is that I get spam, I'll not use my e-mail address. It has nothing to do with "being a man" and everything to do with not wading through garbage in my e-mail.

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A NIM board? Briede 10:18:38 8/06/2001 (1)
- Re: A NIM board? Mikal 13:57:44 8/06/2001 (0)

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: I've been following this nasty business about the rude postings and such... and while I understand the request to use your e-mail address, I have recently decided to not do that. Here's why:

: A. I started getting e-mail from someone claiming to be Micah that had links to a NIM board with very strong Nazi leanings. I don't want freaks like that to have my address.

: B. My inbox recently became clogged with e-mail for various websites, mostly porno of the "Teen beastiality" type. I don't want those freaks to have my address, either.

: C. When talking to my ISP about how to stop these things, they specifically said, "Don't use your e-mail address on forums. 90% of these unwanted e-mails are from people who scan forums looking for addresses."

: Now, I read this forum daily. Occassionally I post. On rare occassions, I get replies. If the main result of messages I leave on this forum is that I get spam, I'll not use my e-mail address. It has nothing to do with "being a man" and everything to do with not wading through garbage in my e-mail.

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