On 16 Jun 2004 22:42:39 -0400, (DoN. Nichols)
vaguely proposed a theory
.......and in reply I say!:
remove ns from my header address to reply via email

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Old Nick wrote:
On 16 Jun 2004 01:23:47 -0400, (DoN. Nichols)
vaguely proposed a theory
......and in reply I say!:
remove ns from my header address to reply via email

Don. This is weird. I tried _emailing_ one of those emsil addresses.
Nuh!

I've just e-mailed them (both addresses), explaining the problem
as perceived.

In the meanwhile, is your e-mail address given above a valid
one?

I was going to include your e-mail address in my e-mail, so they
could try from that end. But unless I am sure that it is a valid e-mail
address, I won't try that.

And is it one of the challenge-and-response ones? If so, they
may decide that it is too much trouble to bother with. I personally
*hate* challenge-and-response systems -- especially those which don't
even tell me what address I supposedly sent to, so I can be sure that
I'm authenticating myself, instead of a spammer. :-)

I _think_ email addresss in text are safe so far....

remove ns from my header address to reply via email

No gotchas. It just stays on my provider's
site, I collect manually, and I will dump it if I start to have
trouble. Sort of a "challenge and response". If I get someone genwine,
I let them know my proper email address. Any correspondence from then
on is via that one.