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From: Darren New
Subject: Re: Email addresses
Date: 17 Sep 2009 17:06:58
Message: <4ab2a4f2$1@news.povray.org>
Darren New wrote:
> Warp wrote:
>>   Usually people obscure their email addresses to stop spammers from 
>> getting
>> them.
> 
> Huh. My firefox handles the spam automatically for me.

Err, thunderbird, that is.


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From: Stephen
Subject: Re: Email addresses
Date: 17 Sep 2009 18:07:28
Message: <obc5b5dajp4j7o6etcpiert5lorpmb4ijk@4ax.com>
On Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:30:05 -0700, Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:

>Stephen wrote:
>> I get the impression that it is considered "intrusive" to email people directly
>> unless asked to.
>
>Of course. I ws just noticing how many people obscure their email addresses 
>here, and noting that the culture makes that mostly pointless.


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From: Neeum Zawan
Subject: Re: Email addresses
Date: 17 Sep 2009 18:20:18
Message: <4ab2b622$1@news.povray.org>
On 09/17/09 11:30, Darren New wrote:
> Stephen wrote:
>> I get the impression that it is considered "intrusive" to email people
>> directly
>> unless asked to.
>
> Of course. I ws just noticing how many people obscure their email
> addresses here, and noting that the culture makes that mostly pointless.

	Some people use their newsreader to post to much more public 
newsgroups, and simply haven't made custom settings for the POV newsgroups.

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From: andrel
Subject: Re: Email addresses
Date: 18 Sep 2009 14:53:36
Message: <4AB3D72D.7090500@hotmail.com>
On 17-9-2009 12:34, nemesis wrote:
> Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
>> Kevin Wampler wrote:
>>> Darren New wrote:
>>>> You know, in all the time I've been posting here, I've never had
>>>> someone send me an email inappropriately, or even at all, IIRC. I
>>>> certainly get less than one personal email a year from people here.
>>> Perhaps you need to insult more people.
>> Heh heh heh.  I was vocal enough to get Thorsten to yell at me at least a
>> couple of times. Isn't that enough?
>>
>> (I'm pretty sure I piss off Warp, too, more often than I actually intend to. :-)
> 
> I believe newsgroups is for flames and email for spam, nude women shots and bad
> jokes.
> 
> 
I only get the spam, what am I doing wrong?


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From: Warp
Subject: Re: Email addresses
Date: 18 Sep 2009 15:14:04
Message: <4ab3dbfc@news.povray.org>
Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> Darren New wrote:
> > Warp wrote:
> >>   Usually people obscure their email addresses to stop spammers from 
> >> getting
> >> them.
> > 
> > Huh. My firefox handles the spam automatically for me.

> Err, thunderbird, that is.

  Prevention is much better than fighting the symptoms.

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