zog wrote in message
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Greg Mossman wrote
SoCalMike wrote

usenet rule number one:

never use your complete name.

Why not?

spammers, they scan newsgroups for full names

Nope.

and real email addresses, so if you suddenly start getting lots of spam, thats
why,

Not with the full name it aint.

your use of your real email leaves you open to that abuse

And its completely trivial for anyone with a clue to deal with that.

eg just use "Greg" or a nickname and put a spam blocker in your email

No thanks.