[SC-Help] Re: Giving them my email

[Miss Betsy]

"Erin" <erin at bluefishe.com> wrote in message
news:cvpd02$i3$1 at news.spamcop.net...
> I'm new to this whole thing. Is it a very bad idea to put in the
message
> "Take my email, emailwhere at spamwasreceived.com, off your list!"?
I
> actually want to get my email off these lists instead of having
to block
> them. Even if one spammer gets knocked offline, my email is still
on
> whatever list is floating around out there. Is it not a better
idea to
> have my email marked as potentially dangerous if you send spam to
me?

In a word, yes it is a bad idea.  I know what you are thinking
(because I thought that way too when I first started getting spam),
but it doesn't work and basically, you just give your email address
to the spammer as a 'live' address which is worth more for him to
sell.

There is only one way to get a spam free address and that is to
change your email address to one that is alphanumeric like 3r1n
and make sure that it never appears on the internet (if you google,
it doesn't come up).  Also, have another address for ordering
things just in case the list gets into the hands of a spammer (the
business can be sold as well as the list stolen or it can be
spammer who lied).

Miss Betsy