Jan
That's why I wrote, "seems ...", so that there was no mistaking my
meaning. There was indeed nothing scientific about my conclusion, nor
need there be.
It's based on the fact that when some plonker puts my email address in
the body of an email I start to receive spam in the next few days. It
might be that the headers are more difficult to scan or harvest email
from. Or it might be that the "From" email address can be forged; or
that that field is often spam. And it could be coincidence, of
course, but I'm taking as few chances as possible. If I start to
receive too much spam on accounts with my own domains I change the
email address, which is a bit of a pain, but it means that the spammer
is having less luck than with a filtered address.
So, whether or not my reasoning is unscientific, I would rather not
have my email addresses in the body of emails.
And there's no need to shout, Jan: I would have read and understood
that paragraph with or without capitals.
Chris
On 11 Jan 2009, at 07:52, Jan Steinman wrote:
> May I ask how you are measuring that difference? "Seems to make a
> difference" sounds rather un-scientific.
>
> A well-know psychological phenomenon (similar to the placebo effect)
> is that taking an action can cause one to perceive an expected result.
> The perception itself may be useful, but is hardly reason for everyone
> else to change their behaviour!
>
> Besides, spam-bots don't get the email; they see the archive, and your
> address is STILL IN THE ARCHIVE no matter that it's sanitized in the
> message bodies!
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