On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 6:28 AM, Dave Howorth wrote:
In the good old days before the world-wide web when the Internet was a pleasant place and conversations took place via UUCP links and suchlike, there was some point in being careful about email addresses. And so there was strong pressure to be polite and careful about posting them.
But nowadays with most messages automatically archived in public where they can be trawled by robots many times a day, there really isn't much point in trying to hide them. It only takes one simple mistake such as yours using gmail to cause an address to be posted forever in public view.
So nowadays it's really up to each individual to manage the situation. Use good spam filters; use throwaway or even one-time mail addresses; never post to a list with public archives; there are many alternatives.
So there's not much point being sensitive to that particular issue. There are many more things wrong with the world than that.
HTH, Dave
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