Re: The introduction problem, was Thinking outside the box

On Mar 19, 2013, at 3:35 PM, John Levine wrote:

> 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.

It also doesn't work, not since spammers started compromising accounts and sending out mail to contacts. 

laura 

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