Author: Lisi Date: To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Unscrupulous ISPs
On Wednesday 02 April 2008 22:21:10 Philip Stubbs wrote: > Rob Malpass wrote:
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Whitmore"
> > <tony@???>
> > To: "Hampshire LUG Discussion List" <hampshire@???>
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 6:49 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Unscrupulous ISPs
> >
> >> Rob Malpass wrote:
> >>> One other thought - how safe is your email address if you join a
> >>> mailing
> >>> list? Most of the ones I join are (one would hope) run by trustworthy
> >>> folks (most are GNU or Linux) but before I commit my new ISP email
> >>> account to joining a mailing list, I'd like to make sure I'm not making
> >>> an obvious mistake.
> >>
> >> There are (at least) three, four, no seven ways your e-mail address can
> >> get out if you use it to sign up to a mailing list. > >
> > Thanks Tony - I must admit I had a feeling it might be quite easy if I
> > joined a mailing list. The real pain is that my new Zen account
> > (which is giving me close on 6Mb speeds) is great - but if I want to
> > post to any list, I either have to join with the Zen address or switch
> > routers back to ntlworld (ntl - as most ISPs do - don't allow email
> > unless you're actually part of their network). Either that or run a
> > routine daemon I guess ;-]
> >
> > Cheers
> > Rob
>
> Why not get yourself a google mail account? You can use that for signing
> up to 'risky' mailing lists and keep your private email address private.
Or set up aliases on Zen (on your portal or by 'phone) and then change the
alias if it gets too spammy. I have just done that with two of mine.
(Remember to set up another address before you yank one and make sure you
tell everybody who needs to know.)
> Also you can then change ISP's and keep the same address.
>
> googlemail has imap
And POP3.
> so you can still use a standard email client if you
> can't get on with the web interface.
