That shouldn't be so. Darren obscures the email addresses before they are forwarded to the newsgroup. From his Administrivia post of 16 Oct 2003:
"As you know, all postings to IBM-MAIN get ported to the newsgroup bit.listserv.ibm-main. This has caused everyone who posts to the list to start receiving large amounts of spam. I have made a change to the postings that get sent to the newsgroup. Newsgroup readers will notice that the email address of the poster has been altered slightly. I'm hoping this small change will reduce the amount of spam we all receive when we post. If the spammers figure out what I'm doing, I'll modify the email address again or remove the email address completely. We'll see what happens over time. Enjoy." http://bama.ua.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0310&L=ibm-main&P=R55459&I=1&X=575CF1119 C01367E07 Greg Shirey Ben E. Keith Company -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Fochtman Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 9:40 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: A little etiquette I share your concerns, Shane. Unfortunately, it seems to me to be far more likely that someone is combing the newsgroup for these addresses, in which case your original post is enough to get an address. ######################################################################## As of January 1, 2007, Ben E. Keith Company will no longer accept emails addressed to our "bekco.com" address. Please change your information for all Ben E. Keith contacts to our new email address, "benekeith.com". Thank you. ######################################################################## ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
