I posted the incorrect e-mail address - now what do I do?

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Posting your correct e-mail is a mistake, now you will loads of spam and filth.
we never respond to an e-mail address, always to the newsgroup.
 
sgopus said:
Posting your correct e-mail is a mistake, now you will loads of spam and
filth.
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Posting your correct email address is not a mistake. Choosing an email
service provider that does not give you control over what messages get
rejected at SMTP time is a mistake. All good spam antispam
measures must do a few things to be considered effective in the real
world:

1) Minimize the number of false-positives generated. Any anti-spam
measure is not supposed to treat legitimate email as spam.

2) Minimize the number of false-negatives generated. Any anti-spam
measure is not supposed to treat spam as legitimate email.

3) Never place stumbling blocks in the way of users. No anti-spam
measure should ever require additional effort on the part of the
sender.

Munging email addresses in email and news posts fails on all three
points soundly.

1) Munging considers all email spam regardless of content or source.

2) Munging assumes anybody able to replace an email address is not a
spammer.

3) Munging is a potentially insurmountable stumbling block for end
users, especially if there is no way to unmunge the address in
question.

So, the correct solution to the problem you're trying to solve? Shop for
email service provider that gives you control over what content and
sources you're willing to accept from at SMTP time. Undesirable
content gets rejected at the mail server, you get everything else.
 
Paul Johnson said:
Posting your correct email address is not a mistake.
...
3) Munging is a potentially insurmountable stumbling block for end
users, especially if there is no way to unmunge the address in
question.
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I Don't know about anyone else, but #3 is exactly what I want when posting
in newsgroups.

mi
 
Please quote in standard English order, not reverse order.
http://wiki.ursine.ca/Best_Online_Quoting_Practices
never post an e-mail address on a public area munged or unmunged.
The rest is just useless effort.
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Are you willing to back up that incredulous statement you made like an
adult, or did you accidentally remove all doubt we might have had
about you? Remember, it's best to say nothing and let people think
you're a moron, rather than say something and remove all doubt that
you're a moron.
 
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