And there are all sorts of mail snoopers now that go through lists of collected addresses and when a non responsive address bounces back it checks for the "nospam" entry and strips it and retries, usually getting a good address out of it and getting someone on the list anyway. Just thought I'd add that as people I do service work for are magically getting spam mail and can't figure out why (duh). > -----Original Message----- > From: freelists-users-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:freelists-users-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of John Madden > Sent: Friday, May 18, 2001 5:57 AM > To: freelists-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [freelists-users] Re: "no spam address" > > > > > I have a subscriber who uses "nospam" in his address when in newsgroups > > to avoid spam. > > > > He plans to subscribe to my list in that name as well as his > regular one, > > so his messages won't bounce if he inadvertently uses the "nospam" > > address in sending a message. > > > > Will Free lists accept a "nospam" address? > > He can set the "fake" account on VACATION so posts won't be sent to > him. If the email address isn't valid, it will generate bounces > otherwise. > > John > > > =========================================================== > The FreeLists-Users mailing list > Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/freelists-users > Administrative contact: weez@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > =========================================================== > =========================================================== The FreeLists-Users mailing list Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/freelists-users Administrative contact: weez@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ===========================================================