"Juergen Nieveler" <juergen.nieveler.nospam@arcor.de> wrote in message
news:Xns93D550DC51935juergennieveler@nieveler-43544.user.cis.dfn.de...
> darren sanborn <sandmansdream4u@insightbb.com> wrote:
>
> > wow! didn't know it was so easy! Although I think this is the right
> > group. IE privacy
>
> Of course, you should be advised that there are 2 serious downsides to
> using fake email adresses:
>
> 1) Anybody trying to send you information to questions you asked via
> mail will only try once - and fail
>
> 2) Faked email addresses are used a lot by trolls, which is why many
> people killfile obviously faked from-addresses, following the line
> "Nobody without a real name and reply-address has anything interesting
> to say".
>

On the other hand, your real email address will not be posted all over
Google and every other site that happens to archive a USENET message or
three, thus will be unavailable to spam-bots that roam the net collecting
email addresses they come across.

Which means that your in-box (as long as you don't give out your real email
injudiciously) will remain remarkably spam free. My home email address, for
example, has remained spam free for more than 3 years now. No penile
enlargements, breast enhancements, viagra. mortgage loans or credit cards.
1 letter from "Nigeria" every 3 weeks or so.

So if a couple of jerks don't want to talk to me because I don't post my
real email, to heck with them. Don't know them & likely don't care to.