HOW TO GET SPAM
If you want to make sure spammers pick up your email address, make sure you post it in every message. Email addresses can be harvested by the spammers from the text of posts, so that's a quick and easy way to give them your contact info.
HOW CAN YOU PROTECT YOURSELF?
Don't put your email address in the body of your post!
CAN THEY GET MY EMAIL ADDRESS FROM MY PROFILE?
No! You can enter your email address into your profile, and the spammers won't be able to get it. If someone wants to contact you, they can either click on the "PM" icon next to your name to send you a private message on this forum, or they can click on the little envelope icon to send you an email. They never see your address, unless you choose to respond to them through your regular email.
-otto-
If you want to make sure spammers pick up your email address, make sure you post it in every message. Email addresses can be harvested by the spammers from the text of posts, so that's a quick and easy way to give them your contact info.
HOW CAN YOU PROTECT YOURSELF?
Don't put your email address in the body of your post!
CAN THEY GET MY EMAIL ADDRESS FROM MY PROFILE?
No! You can enter your email address into your profile, and the spammers won't be able to get it. If someone wants to contact you, they can either click on the "PM" icon next to your name to send you a private message on this forum, or they can click on the little envelope icon to send you an email. They never see your address, unless you choose to respond to them through your regular email.
-otto-
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