From: daniel47@nomail.afraid.org   
      
   On 14/12/2025 3:20 pm, The Horny Goat wrote:   
   > On Sat, 23 Aug 2025 08:28:40 -0700, Stan Brown    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >> After using my real address in 37 years of Usenet articles, I am   
   >> now reluctantly posting a fake address because of the large number   
   >> of sites scraping Usenet articles without permission and putting   
   >> them on their own pretend forum sites.   
   >   
   > I switched about 15 years ago after blocking a bot attempt that   
   > seems to have gotten my e-mail address from my Usenet posts. Since my   
   > ISP changed their e-mail domain around that same time I went on using   
   > the domain name on Usenet they switched away from.   
   >   
   > I have a rare first name and rare last name (my real name not the   
   > one you see in your message listings)   
      
   WHAT?? Do you mean your real name isn't "Horny Goat"?? Who would'a   
   thunk!! ;-P   
      
   > that I'm easily found (a Google search on my name will give 7+ pages   
   > of listings either about me or things I've written) but I >don't< put   
   > my real e-mail address on anything I post so that helps a lot..   
   --   
   Daniel70   
      
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