On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 07:17:31 GMT, in <alt.privacy.spyware>, "Mr Nobody"
<nobody@neveremail.aaa> wrote:
>
[snip]

> I know the original poster's address is in the header, however its not
> normally exposed unless quoted or the properties are checked, at least in
> my news reader (OE).
[snip]

That's only because your poor excuse for a "news reader" is lying to you
(one of its lesser sins). For your sake, as well as that of everyone you
correspond with, *PLEASE* get rid of that unmitigated piece of crap.

> What I think you are saying is the original poster did it to himself by
> posting in a public forum, as long as he/she uses their real e-mail
> address.
>
[snip]

Exactly. Most of the harvesting programs look *solely* at the headers,
since they can be picked off much faster and more efficiently, as compared
to downloading the full bodies of each article.

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Jay T. Blocksom
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Appropriate Technology, Inc.
usenet01[at]appropriate-tech.net


"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
-- Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759.

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