Re: [Hampshire] Unscrupulous ISPs

> 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.

As others have said - if you use an address on a mailing list, it will get
out to the spammers eventually.

This is why I use a unique address for each list I sign up to. If it gets
compromised, throw it away...

Vic.