Hi, This "daily information" is a wonderful idea!!!
The two tips so far on spam are very valuable. I've often been hesitant to use my address on such communications, but they don't always leave one an option. I'll definitely try it. DERICK -----Original Message----- From: jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Dan Rossi Sent: 10 December 2010 04:26 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] daily information Interestingly, I was just having a conversation about spam and harvesting of email addresses, just the other day. One function that is available in the email specification that most people do not know about, and even some email clients won't support is the extended address. You can put a plus sign between your ID and the at sign. And then you can put anything you want between the plus sign and at sign. Most email clients will just accept the information between the plus and at, and ignore it. Why is this useful? You can use that information to more easily filter incoming spam, or see just who has sold your email addi to the spammers. For example, say I am leaving my address on some blog site, because it requires an email address to leave a comment or something. I can put in, as my address. dr25+blogcomm...@andrew.cmu.edu If I ever get an email from somewhere and the To address is dr25+blogcomm...@andrew, I know where they got the address from. Or, say I want to make use of a one time coupon or something on a web site, but know they will start sending me crap every week, stuff that I don't want. I can sign up on the site with an email address of dr25+nos...@andrew.cmu.edu and then create a rule in my email client that says, anything with a To address of dr25+NoSpam, or even just anything with NoSpam in the To header, just delete it. It doesn't always work because some web sites won't accept the extended address, or they are smart enough to remove any extended part of the address when they spam you. Never-the-less it can be helpful. -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University. E-Mail: d...@andrew.cmu.edu Tel: (412) 268-9081 For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
