Pardon me if this has been asked before and is the wrong newsgroup for this
question.

I understand there is software out there that goes out to newsgroups and
"harvests" e-mail address from newsgroups for Spam and Virus sending. I
notice many people will post a question in a newsgroup (for example the
Windows XP group) and will get several Reponses from people trying to help
(Me included). Many times the question is repeated within the answer, and
many times it includes the real e-mail for the poster at the top or bottom
of the response. (Yes I've done it too) I know this feature can be turned
off but my question is----

Does the "Harvest" software pick up the now publicly posted e-mail
address????

Yes, I know about the message properties also.

Hope some here knows about this stuff

TIA
Mr. Nobody