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03-09-2008 | 08:44 PM

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jeff32

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Originally Posted by GO4BROKE

Jeff write your address with a ( a ) instead of @ so the web crawlers don't pick up your address and start spamming you.

thanks I did'nt know that... I just edited my adress...

03-09-2008 | 10:29 PM

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Sydwayz told me, I get a lot of spam on the address I have only posted here, more so than the address I use for everything else. It had to have been picked up because I posted it on OSO.

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03-10-2008 | 07:28 AM

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Originally Posted by GO4BROKE

Sydwayz told me, I get a lot of spam on the address I have only posted here, more so than the address I use for everything else. It had to have been picked up because I posted it on OSO.

Yep, there are programs that spammers use; (Spam-bots) that crawl the web and gather email addresses, and add them to spam lists. Smart ones actually gather them bases on subjects/industry.

If you are sharing your email address; do it this way:

bob(a)aol.com Most people get the picture.

03-10-2008 | 08:12 AM

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seems to me the spammers would just modify thier search program to also look for the (a) in a string as well as the @ ?? if they find the (a) replace it with the @ and go on to the next find.

I'm a programmer thinking out load here