Mask email

How do you cause your email address to be mask on this board? I thought I
selected that option when I signed up but apparently not. How can I appear
anonymous. TIA

Dave
Tue Jun 29 11:59:15 CDT 2004

it depends on what you are using for posting messages.

"toneywho" <toneywho@cox.net> wrote in message
news:#41EwweXEHA.3112@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> How do you cause your email address to be mask on this board? I thought I
> selected that option when I signed up but apparently not. How can I appear
> anonymous. TIA
>
>

Lanwench
Tue Jun 29 12:02:34 CDT 2004

toneywho wrote:
> How do you cause your email address to be mask on this board? I
> thought I selected that option when I signed up but apparently not.
> How can I appear anonymous. TIA

I see you're using Outlook Express as your newsreader - go into your news
account properties and munge your e-mail address. You're wise to want to do
this. For more info see http://www.mailmsg.com/SPAM_munging.htm

Lanwench
Tue Jun 29 12:02:49 CDT 2004

Dave wrote:
> it depends on what you are using for posting messages.

(you can see this if you open the message & look at the properties)
>
> "toneywho" <toneywho@cox.net> wrote in message
> news:#41EwweXEHA.3112@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> How do you cause your email address to be mask on this board? I
>> thought I selected that option when I signed up but apparently not.
>> How can I appear anonymous. TIA

N
Tue Jun 29 13:15:23 CDT 2004

In article <#41EwweXEHA.3112@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl>, toneywho says...

> How do you cause your email address to be mask on this board? I thought I
> selected that option when I signed up but apparently not. How can I appear
> anonymous. TIA

The best way to use a 'munged' address, when following the advice of Ms.
Lanwrench, is to use a '.invalid' at the end of the email address. You may
either add it to the end of an otherwise valid address, or replace the TLD
in the address (I.e., .com becomes .invalid), or you may even created
something "cute" (I.e., 'cant.spam@me.invalid').

Do not, ever, "make up" a domain. If you do, you may either inadvertently
use a domain which is registered, and which you have no authority to use, or
you will just spoil some domain for somebody who comes along later to
register it, only to find it getting spammed from the get-go.

--
Norman
~Win dain a lotica, En vai tu ri, Si lo ta
~Fin dein a loluca, En dragu a sei lain
~Vi fa-ru les shutai am, En riga-lint

toneywho
Tue Jun 29 13:15:25 CDT 2004

Thanks for that info, I think I got it to work!
"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
<lanwench@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com> wrote in message
news:OPEHN3fXEHA.212@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> toneywho wrote:
> > How do you cause your email address to be mask on this board? I
> > thought I selected that option when I signed up but apparently not.
> > How can I appear anonymous. TIA
>
> I see you're using Outlook Express as your newsreader - go into your news
> account properties and munge your e-mail address. You're wise to want to
do
> this. For more info see http://www.mailmsg.com/SPAM_munging.htm
>
>

Lanwench
Tue Jun 29 16:52:57 CDT 2004

Looks like you did!

toneywho wrote:
> Thanks for that info, I think I got it to work!
> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
> <lanwench@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com> wrote in
> message news:OPEHN3fXEHA.212@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> toneywho wrote:
>>> How do you cause your email address to be mask on this board? I
>>> thought I selected that option when I signed up but apparently not.
>>> How can I appear anonymous. TIA
>>
>> I see you're using Outlook Express as your newsreader - go into your
>> news account properties and munge your e-mail address. You're wise
>> to want to do this. For more info see
>> http://www.mailmsg.com/SPAM_munging.htm

Lanwench
Tue Jun 29 16:53:25 CDT 2004

N. Miller wrote:
> In article <#41EwweXEHA.3112@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl>, toneywho says...
>
>> How do you cause your email address to be mask on this board? I
>> thought I selected that option when I signed up but apparently not.
>> How can I appear anonymous. TIA
>
> The best way to use a 'munged' address, when following the advice of
> Ms. Lanwrench, is to use a '.invalid' at the end of the email
> address. You may either add it to the end of an otherwise valid
> address, or replace the TLD in the address (I.e., .com becomes
> .invalid), or you may even created something "cute" (I.e.,
> 'cant.spam@me.invalid').
>
> Do not, ever, "make up" a domain. If you do, you may either
> inadvertently use a domain which is registered, and which you have no
> authority to use, or you will just spoil some domain for somebody who
> comes along later to register it, only to find it getting spammed
> from the get-go.

Very good advice.