On Mar 31, 3:55*pm, "Dora" > wrote:
> Dan Abel wrote:
> > In article >,
> > Melba's Jammin' > wrote:
>
> >> In article >, "Doofus" >
> >> wrote:
>
> >>> I want a recipe for Sloppy Joes, so post one right now.
>
> >> Sure. *Here you go: *http://tinyurl.com/ck83xj
>
> > So I looked up >". *It's an Email address for when you
> > need an Email address but don't want to give one. *Evidently, it
> > passes the tests for being an Email account, but it really isn't.
>
> > Some people, like the poster above, are using it to post junk to this
> > group. *I killfiled this address, but I'm wondering if that was a good
> > idea. *It seems like there might be a couple of legitimate posters
> > using this address.
>
> > The other thing I've noticed is that people are setting up Email
> > accounts with Gmail, yahoo and hotmail as Spamtraps. *They are in fact
> > legitimate accounts, but the people who own them either don't read
> > them, or seldom read them.
>
> > What are other people doing?
>
> I use yahoo for newsgroups, as opposed to my regular personal e-mail
> address. * I do read it quite frequently and it does serve the purpose
> of staying a little bit incognito. *At least for me, yahoo does a pretty
> good filtration of spam. *I am rich, however, from all the Irish, UK and
> Nigerian lotteries I've been told I've won. * If you want to share, just
> send me $2,000 and we can split.

Yeah. Yahoo does a great job filtering spam. Maybe once or twice
every day or two or three one gets through. Same with my gmail. My
only problem with Yahoo is that it takes two steps to get to the
inbox.
>
> Dora

--Bryan