Klarinet Archive - Posting 000359.txt from 2004/02

From: Audrey Travis <vsofan@-----.ca>
Subj: Re: [kl] Need Computer Help - Please!
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2004 19:51:10 -0500

Thank you for your clarification. My operating system is OS 8.6 and my ISP
is Shaw Cable. I use Netscape Communicator.

Audrey

Ormondtoby Montoya wrote:

> Your email address is controlled by programs that run on your machine,
> not by your iMac itself. In order to find someone who can give you
> detailed instructions, you need to say which programs and ISP you are
> using. Then an appropriate person can say "I know the details of that
> setup, here's what you do....."
>
> One of the first things you should consider is having more than one
> email address. You should keep a 'primary address' which you use when
> talking to personal friends whom you trust, and therefore you're
> unlikely to need to change it as time passes. Then you should have a
> second "disposable" address which you use when doing anything in
> "public", such as posting on bulletin boards or email lists or buying
> things online. When a spammer targets you, you can dispose of your
> "disposable" address without needing to inform your trustworthy friends.
>
> A 2-address setup doesn't protect you 100%, because some spammers simply
> generate addresses at random (easy to do with a computer) and test them
> one by one (also easy to do on a computer). Having a longer address
> reduces the likelihood that a spammer will generate it at random,
> however.
>

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