I actually tested this with an account I never use by posting here once with
that address. I get hardly any spam to that account.

I think the notion of harvesting from these NGs is overrated.

Most of the spam I get comes from bots harvesting addresses off of form data
on websites I have.

steve

"N. Miller" wrote in message
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On Tue, 12 Sep 2006 21:37:01 -0400, wetompkins wrote:

I don't know whether you can help me or not. I switched from
bellsouth.net
to ...

Be ready for a wave of viruses. The MSFT groups are notorious for them.
It isn't that the virus propagators use the groups for that purpose, but
so many people who get infected come here to read on how to fix their
computer. So they download your post to their computer, and your email
address is now on their infected HDD, ready to be snapped up by the
virus, and forwarded on to your account.

--
Norman
~Oh Lord, why have you come
~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum