On Sat, 18 Nov 2000 11:34:08 +0800, "David Winter" wrote:

>I find I'm on too many lists already - I'm thankful that most go away if you
>follow through the "REMOVE" option, but it's extra work.
>
>In an ideal world, there'd be no evil, no nasties, lotsa caring - in the
>real world, any angle to push product and make bucks is exploited.
>
>So while I respect the sentiment, please respect my choice to make SPAMming
>more difficult. My email address can be worked out if someone wants to take
>up a matter privately. SPAM-resistant email addresses are generally easily
>spotted, if you work REPLY GROUP then manually add tge "cc".

I have no problem with this - when the "anti-spam"
is as obvious as "winterdspamhalt@icespamlessnet.com.au.invalid",
one can easily spot it and remove it. In one day
I answered at least three posts with the type of
information that it appeared would be useful
immediately by the posters, and I included my
usual e-mail copies of my posted responses for
their use. My reward for my effort? Three
bounced e-mails, though the addresses appeared
to be in every way legitimate. My response to
this was my post at the head of this thread.
Again, if you don't want an answer to your
question, I have no problem with that - just
don't ask the question in the first place! ;-)
Otherwise, I may just stop answering questions
in these NGs (I have no problem with that,
either...;-).