Re: The introduction problem, was Thinking outside the box

John Levine <[email protected]> Tue, 19 Mar 2013 22:35:45 +0000 (UTC)
Newsgroups gmane.ietf.asrg
Organization Taughannock Networks, Trumansburg NY
Message-ID <[email protected]>
In article <[email protected]>, Paul Smith  <[email protected]> wrote:
>On 19/03/2013 18:42, John Levine wrote:
>>> I don't want 'random' people to email me. In fact I don't know anyone
>>> who wants random people to email them.
>> Now you do.  I definitely want it to be possible for people who I
>> don't already know to email me.  That's where I get most of my work.
>> I also get occasional mail from old high school friends and the like.
>
>But the thing is that you have to have told them your email address!

It's not hard to find, it's on my web site.

The whole idea of treating your email address as a secret so you can
hide from spammers stinks.


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