From: don-aitken@freeuk.com 
  
 On 06 Jul 2005 15:15:07 GMT, Bert Hyman  wrote: 
  
 >rappaportm@verizon.net (NANCY RIESS) wrote in 
 >news:HpSye.34178$Cm6.10026@trndny02: 
 > 
 >> I want to avoid appearing on harvested junk e-mail lists. 
 >> 
 >> How does one post to a newsgroup to avoid this. 
 >> 
 >> Can someone explain anonymous posting, using a newsgroup alias? 
 > 
 >When you configure your "account" in your news reading software, the 
 >information that you enter for your name, email address, etc. is 
 >completely up to you. 
 > 
 >Of course, if you enter a phoney email address, nobody will ever be 
 >able to reply to one of your posts, but that's probably not an issue 
 >for most people. 
 > 
 >Also, when you choose a bogus address, make absolutely certain that 
 >it's not actually a real address that just happens to belong to 
 >someone else. 
  
 And bear in mind that the requirements of news servers in this area 
 vary. Some just don't care. Most (and some news *readers*) require 
 something syntactically valid (ie something that *could* be an email 
 address). And some require a real address that belongs to you, or 
 which you have permission to use. 
  
 For the second group, it is usually recommended that you use an 
 address ending in ".invalid", which means that system resources will 
 not be wasted trying to deliver the undeliverable. However, this 
 should not be the only change you make to an address you actually use, 
 since it is simple for an automated system to remove it. For the third 
 group, there is me@privacy.net, the owner of which makes it available 
 for anyone to use. However, some people filter stuff from that address 
 out, since it gets used for a lot of spam and other junk. The 
 alternative is to get a throwaway Hotmail or Yahoo! address - nobody 
 says you have to actually *read* the mail that goes to it, although, 
 if you don't, it is polite to make the fact clear, as in my sig. 
  
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 Don Aitken 
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