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Re: Off Topic: Email harvested from this site by s
By:Bill Price
Date: 11/10/2003, 7:12 pm

Mike,
I fail to see how posting images to this or the other forums will put anyone at increased risk for Spam. In the years that I have been posting images to this and the related forums, I have seen niether and increase nor decrease in the "spam load" I recieve. Regardless, it certainly will not result in a "Big opening into" a persons machine. If users here have a problem with spam, they should consider finding an ISP who offers spam filter abilities or services such as Postini. These work and are well worth their minimal cost.

If you choose to "hide" and attempt to circumvent the system to avoid these problems, more power to you. I cringe, however, to see you encourage others to not post images, thereby crippling one of the most powerful features of the forums. If we were to do so we might as well go back to pencil, paper and postage stamps ... I'll try not to throw your letters out with the junk mail :-)

Bill

Messages In This Thread

Off Topic: Email harvested from this site by spammers
Mike and Rikki -- 11/10/2003, 2:44 pm
Re: Off Topic: Check your Browser Settings
Chip Sandresky -- 11/11/2003, 12:57 pm
What Chip said
DanG -- 11/11/2003, 1:28 pm
which setting is it in IE?
Frank Eberdt -- 11/11/2003, 1:45 pm
Re: which setting is it in IE? *LINK*
Dan G -- 11/12/2003, 10:01 am
Re: which setting is it in IE? *LINK*
Rob P. -- 11/11/2003, 5:31 pm
thanks *NM*
Frank Eberdt -- 11/11/2003, 10:43 pm
Re: Off Topic: Email harvested from this site by s
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 11/11/2003, 9:20 am
Re: Off Topic: Email - leave it the way it is
Roy Morford -- 11/11/2003, 11:58 am
Re: Off Topic: Email harvested from this site by s
Rehd -- 11/11/2003, 11:51 am
Re: Off Topic: Email harvested from this site by s
Robert N Pruden -- 11/10/2003, 11:49 pm
I post a lot here, and don't have a spam problem
Paul G. Jacobson -- 11/10/2003, 9:43 pm
maybe the bots don't search real long postings :) *NM*
Paul G. Jacobson -- 11/10/2003, 9:44 pm
Re: That's funny... cuz I don't get spam either ;) *NM*
Scott Ferguson -- 11/11/2003, 11:02 am
Re: Off Topic: Email harvested from this site by s
Glen Smith -- 11/10/2003, 9:02 pm
Re: Off Topic: Email harvested from this site by s
Ted Henry -- 11/10/2003, 8:33 pm
Re: Off Topic: Email harvested from this site by s
Mike and Rikki -- 11/13/2003, 2:03 am
Re: Off Topic: Email harvested from this site by s
Bill Price -- 11/10/2003, 7:12 pm
Re: Off Topic: Email harvested from this site by s
Joubin -- 11/10/2003, 4:25 pm
Poison pill
Robert N Pruden -- 11/11/2003, 12:03 am
Re: Poison pill
Rob P. -- 11/11/2003, 5:20 pm
Re: Off Topic: Email harvested from this site by s
Danny Cox -- 11/10/2003, 3:00 pm
Re: Off Topic: Email harvested from this site by s
Andy Waddington -- 11/11/2003, 4:11 am
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A. Stenson -- 11/10/2003, 3:55 pm
even more friggin spam receieved
Mike and Rikki -- 11/10/2003, 2:48 pm