From: zofran@deepthot.org   
      
   On 17 Dec 2003 20:06:02 GMT, Mac Breck  wrote   
   in :   
      
   > "Brian Walsh"  wrote   
   > in message   
   > news:bO8Db.4635$Pg1.4436@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net...   
   >>   
   >> "Cheryl Martin"  wrote in message   
   >> news:slrnbtq399.j7q.zofran@zaphod.deepthot.org...   
   >> > On Mon, 15 Dec 2003 01:17:29 GMT, Bill  wrote   
   > in   
   >> > :   
   >> >   
   >> > >   
   >> > > "Brian Walsh"    
   > wrote in message   
   >> > >   
   > news:Dt7Db.4153$0s2.691@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net...   
   >> > >> My posts _never_ appear on   
   > rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated. Did I   
   >> piss   
   >> > >> them off somehow or is there some method to posting   
   > there that I'm   
   >> unaware   
   >> > >> of? I've never seen a FAQ for that group, so I'm at a   
   > loss. Anyone here   
   >> know   
   >> > >> why this is?   
   >> > >>   
   >> > >>   
   >> > >   
   >> > > You have an invalid return address. If you use this   
   > for posting to the   
   >> > > moderated group I think they reject it. I think you   
   > need a valid   
   >> address -   
   >> > > which you confirm when they send you an Email after   
   > your first posting.   
   >> I   
   >> > > think some people create a hotmail etc. address for   
   > this purpose. I just   
   >> lurk.   
   >> >   
   >> > That's one way.  The other is to use an invalid From:   
   > and a valid   
   >> Reply-To:   
   >> >   
   >> >   
   >> > Cheryl   
   >>   
   >> So, in order to post, I need to open myself to automated   
   > spambots harvesting   
   >> my e-mail and being inundated with spam and viruses. Nice.   
   > I guess I'll lust   
   >> continue lurking.   
   >   
   > Right, you have to have a sacrificial email account.  I use   
   > my yahoo account for that, and have all 100 blocks in use,   
   > most of them blocking entire domains.  The mailbox used to   
   > fill up with mass-mailing virus attachments every 15 to 30   
   > minutes (from 0% to 100%).  Now, with the blocks in place,   
   > it takes about a week to fill up with mass-mailing virus   
   > attachments.  At least that's manageable.   
   >   
      
   Whatever.  I post without with my right address and don't receive   
   hardly any spam at all.  I get a great deal of spam at an address that   
   I've never used on usenet at all.   
      
   Cheryl   
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