Disguising email address in Newsgroups?

[Dianne]

Could someone please give a step-by-step explanation for how to disguise my
email address in newsgroups like the posts I see from
(e-mail address removed) ? Can this be done for other news
servers also and what would the procedure be for servers other than
microsoft?

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Dianne
Remove one shoe before emailing:
(e-mail address removed)
http://dkagay.home.comcast.net/
http://dkagay.home.comcast.net/rosary/

 

[LuckyStrike]

Try this for an overview Dianne.

Munging Your Email Address
http://www.mailmsg.com/SPAM_munging.htm

As you can see below, my name and e-mail address is totally munged, but
there are a variety of ways to do this. Some persons will put their e-mail
address that's a genuine address, but will add or change elements
(deliberately) which can be removed by a person so as to actually be able to
contact someone, but to avoid an automated e-mail address "harvester" Bot.

For instance: Dia(nn)eATnetzeroDOTcom. or (e-mail address removed)

The one's you are seeing that say anonymous blah-blah are being posted
through the MS-CDO (collaborative data object) Web Page Interface, unlike
you who are using OE to access these newsgroups. What you would do to alter
or "munge" your info (name and /or address) would be as follows:

1) with OE open, access the tools menu>accounts>news tab>properties button.
2) Within the General tab of News group properties>user name and address
fields, you would enter the name and address of your choice.
3) You may receive a message display that could say "the e-mail address that
you've entered doesn't appear to be a valid one. Use it anyway?" Click Yes.
It's obvious it's not valid, you just pre-fabricated it! ;-D
Actually this more refers to the address if you add unusual characters or
place them in odd locations, or if it exceeds a certain length. For
example: bet_sy.Bunkie.and.ni_ni@up_the_hill.com

HTH -

 

[Dianne]

Thank you so much, LuckyStrike. You've given me a lot of good info. As you
can see, I already am "munging" by adding the one shoe thing to my email
address. I was just curious about those anonymous addys. I even learned a
new word, "munging". Didn't know that one. Thanks again.

--
Dianne
Remove one shoe before emailing:
(e-mail address removed)
http://dkagay.home.comcast.net/
http://dkagay.home.comcast.net/rosary/

 

[LuckyStrike]

You're most welcome Dianne; happy to help. I did notice (too late) that you
had utilized one form of "munging" already just as I was clicking *send*.
You are a very wise person to have done so. ;-)

Regards,