"Capps" <capps@iozone.org> wrote in message
news:nHb_a.604$v9.73@nwrddc01.gnilink.net...
> My two cents....
>
> Although one could alter the email address, and the reply address,
> this provides only some degree of "anonymous". Yes, this will slow
> down the email harvesting, but there are degrees of opaqueness. This
> would be a mostly opaque mechanism. The rub is that it's still
> leaking some info out that might be more dangerous than your
> email address.
>
> Example:
>
> If you look at the headers (click on file properties, details, message
> source)
> and expand this, you will see something like:
> -----------
> NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 19:47:59 -0500
> X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158
> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165
> NNTP-Posting-Host: 216.182.12.3
> --------------
>
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All the more reason to be behind NAT at least!