Re: [APML] OT: Anti Virus Software

["Bert Katzung" <katzung1@comcast.net>]

Sorry Alan:
I should have made it clear that any such "signature" calls for a little
instruction saying "remove spaces and replace the "at" with the symbol." See
below for an example.
I didn't mean to imply that the jury-rigged arangement was to be used as the
address in an outgoing e-mail.
Bert

Bert Katzung
katzung1@comcast.net
Or:
katzung1 at comcast dot net
(remove spaces and replace "at" and "dot" with appropriate symbols)

www.astronomy-images.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan Voetsch" <critter12952@yahoo.com>
To: "Discussion of Film Astrophotography" <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2003 4:51 PM
Subject: Re: [APML] OT: Anti Virus Software


> > > you're not responsible for what's going out. I notice that a lot of
> > people
> > > use modified addresses in their e-mails, like "soandso at isp.net"
> > putting
> > > in spaces and the the word "at" instead of the at sign. That
> > presumably
> > > slows down or prevents automated harvesting of your address by
> > hackers' programs.
>
> Can that even be done? I have not seen this and I've been under the
> assuption that there can be no spaces. Everyone I've been in contact
> with still uses the @ symbol.
>
> Alan
>
>
>
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