I set up a hotmail account to subscribe to this list. I wouldn't want to use
my work email address. I've managed to survive for over 5 years now with the
same work email address and only get a spam every few months.
A colleague of mine was less careful about how he used his email address and
ended up receiving extremely offensive spam, and ended up changing his email
address.
Stewart
----- Original Message -----
From: "Antoinette Carter" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 2:37 PM
Subject: Re: [data-protection] Direct Marketing
Well, I've always been very cagey about revealing my "real" e-mail
address ie. this one, which is in the format of [log in to unmask]
On the Internet pages and elsewhere I use a generic mailbox which is in
the format of dataprotection@myorganisation, and that's were I get my
daily barrage of garbage. I use this e-mail address on the DP mailforum
and get no junk e-mail (Touch wood! I'm sure it's only a matter of
time....) so doubt if the list is to blame. The longer you use an
e-mail address for, the more likely it is to be picked up by Trojan
horse type viruses and end up on the more dubious mailing lists.
Fortunately for me I changed jobs eighteen months ago, and have been
very careful where I posted my new e-mail address since. But I suspect
you've been using the same e-mail address for a number of years and I
think this is one of the unfortunate side-effects of that.....
-----Original Message-----
From: This list is for those interested in Data Protection issues
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Broom, Doreen
Sent: 20 September 2004 13:11
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [data-protection] Direct Marketing
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All
Am intrigued as I seem to be getting more and more of these medicinal
e-mails, body part extensions and of course the wonder drug for golden
oldies. I wondered if this was due to the fact that this list is
public.....sorry, if I have missed something but think I am coming down
with flu and brain not functioning too well today....it is a Monday
after all.
Dor
Doreen Broom
Access to Information Officer
Scottish Borders Council
Tel: 01835 826516
Fax: 01835 825041
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