Mask your real email addy

[raemorgan]

This looks like a cool idea and it's free.
abine.com/avira/maskme/?utm_source=privacy

[greenwriter]

Thanx, I'll give it a try. But as I see it if privacy is super important to you don;'t go on the net at all.

[joshuachrisstoff]

I haven't looked at the site so I can't comment on what it offers.

In general, I will find somewhere PUBLIC I think has potential and then I will make a unique email addy and use that, possibly with a new pseudonym with it.
People know me from a site based on what I say, what I contribute. Unless you are truly a schizophrenic, it is very different to mask your language, style and attitude from site to site. Eventually your nature comes thru and astute people will pick up expressions or even sentences which they can and will associate with you and your several iterations.

It comes thru most when your passion is aroused, positively and negatively.

I am not a complicated person. I write cos I enjoy it and I certainly revel in the kudos when they are flowing freely. Mostly, I enjoy as many people as possible enjoying my work and being entertained.
So, I am very superficial, lacking in real substance. Not being a mystery writer, I don't have a talent to complicate my existance by trying to remember who I was here and what my POV was.

I have suffered from one or more of my email accounts becoming 'infected'. Simple, delete it, make a new one at another free email site and use that. There seems to be an unlimited supply of free email addresses and so the game of catch me if you can continues.

If you use [e-mail]
on a front or main page it is likely it will be caught up with by their crawlers sooner or otherwise.
Alternately, a light mask maybe like this
Johnatmictoaoftdotcom
The will fool most basic email fishing.
I suspect that as fast as we think them up, the enemy will find a way around them to tag our emails.
Another way seems to put in a chat room and a time, so you meet there, go to a private room and then swap email addys.

It is strongly recommended that you never lay out your real email addy anywhere, at anytime.

I would be pleased if someone has screened the suggestions and finds the odd nugget in there. The fear that it is pimply faced kids setting your address up to format in the way that their latest scanning tool will recognise and therefore, they snaffle you once gain. Rinse and repeat! <GRIN>

Bulk deleting messages with a common thread or trend is easy enuf. Unsubscribing of reliable sites always helps. Using a spam setting on a site that is hard to get rid of usually works.

Have some fun! Or else!

[marcel]

If you want to stay private log off.

[jacklawson]

If you want to stay private definitely don't go on Facebook or any other social media site.

[marcel]

Aghh....would you believe my gmail account has just been hacked and sent out spammy emails to everyone on my mailing list. I've changed my password and all is quiet again on the Western front...but for how long?

[vixon]

The spammers will soon find a way around this.

[raemorgan]

Still it can't harm to try, it is free.

[greg]

This is a great idea. I'm going to try it.

[dervish]

Great idea.