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Date:      Thu, 25 Mar 2004 11:00:07 -0500
From:      Bart Silverstrim <bsilver@chrononomicon.com>
To:        __Clint__ <clint@acm.vt.edu>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: ! why?
Message-ID:  <7CEE8044-7E75-11D8-95D4-000A956D2452@chrononomicon.com>
In-Reply-To: <20040325085554.M73389-100000@cowpie.acm.vt.edu>
References:  <20040325085554.M73389-100000@cowpie.acm.vt.edu>

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On Mar 25, 2004, at 8:57 AM, __Clint__ wrote:

> I once submitted my address is clint+freebsddotorg@acm.vt.edu to SOME
> webform on www.freebsd.org.   Never used or heard of the address again
> until that spam was directed to it.  Never been on the list.
>
> Everything after "+" but before "@" in my email is ignored.
>
> Whenever I submit my mail, and I don't want to use a hotmail address, I
> usually add the domainname there.  Like Clint+amazondotcom@acm.vt.edu.
> So that when I get spammed later, I know just who gave it to them.
>

Okay...I'm still missing a couple of parts of the picture...(clever 
tracking system, though)

You don't recall what the form was you submitted it to?

In order to get into the freebsd-questions list, there is a submission 
request...as I recall it verifies you want to be signed up to it.  How 
did you get on the FreeBSD list to say this had happened if you never 
signed up to it?



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