Notice that my original post did not have my geocaching address in it. Your reply does include it. -----Original Message----- From: az-geocaching-bounces@listserv.azgeocaching.com [mailto:az-geocaching-bounces@listserv.azgeocaching.com]On Behalf Of Apryl Clark Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 9:06 AM To: listserv@azgeocaching.com Subject: RE: [Az-Geocaching] spam I did that and the only entry that came up were 2 listserve entries. Granted my hubby used my hotmail acct last week to list a vehicle we have for sale and now I'm getting 7000 car ad spams but other than that I haven't noticed an increase...Sorry! >From: "Noshdoo Tsoh" >Reply-To: listserv@azgeocaching.com >To: >Subject: [Az-Geocaching] spam >Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 09:04:42 -0700 > >I've been using my geocaching email address for over two years and was proud >to say I haven't received any spam email. I posted to this listserv last >week and now I am beginning to get junk emails sent to my geocaching email >address. I investigated a little bit and here's what I found: > >All posts are allowed to be Googled by the listserve admins (they are >searchable on Google). That is not a problem by itself. But when certain >users on the listserve reply to someone else's post, their email program >settings cause the original email address to be shown, even if your email >address wasn't shown in the original message. Hotmail seems to do this, >maybe others. > >If you receive spam to your listserve address, try this: > >1. go to http://www.google.com >2. enter in your listserve email address and search >3. if any entries come up, there's a guaranteed spam source >(all entries may not be from this listserve, though they are in my case) > >I'd be interested to hear other comments, insights on this. I hate spam, as >I'm sure most do. If there's no way to avoid this on this listserve, I would >be more comfortable with a forum format where emails could be better >protected. > >noshdoo tsoh > >____________________________________________________________ >Az-Geocaching mailing list listserv@azgeocaching.com >To edit your setting, subscribe or unsubscribe visit: >http://listserv.azgeocaching.com/mailman/listinfo/az-geocaching > >Arizona's Geocaching Resource >http://www.azgeocaching.com