Why do you write your e-mail address differently?

mojo1701

First Post

• Aug 25, 2005

• #1

I'm just curious, as I've seen a number of times here, that people don't use the '@' and '.' when posting their e-mail addresses.

I always write mine as myself@domainname.com, but I'll see people write it instead: myself (at) domainname (dot) com, or some variation of that.

What is the difference?

 

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Thornir Alekeg

Albatross!

• Aug 25, 2005

• #2

There is software that scans bulletin boards and other postings on the internet looking for e-mail addresses automatically. By not writing it with the "@" and the ".net" it is more difficult for them to locate the e-mails and deliver more spam.

 

reveal

Adventurer

• Aug 25, 2005

• #3

mojo1701 said:

I'm just curious, as I've seen a number of times here, that people don't use the '@' and '.' when posting their e-mail addresses.

I always write mine as myself@domainname.com, but I'll see people write it instead: myself (at) domainname (dot) com, or some variation of that.

What is the difference?

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I just gotta do it: Shouldn't this be in the Computers forum?

 

Jdvn1

Hanging in there. Better than the alternative.

• Aug 25, 2005

• #4

My email address actually doesn't have the "@" and the "." at all.

 

IronWolf

blank

• Aug 25, 2005

• #5

Yep! Spam avoidance for me! Anything to confuse any bots or such that may be looking for me!

 

Desdichado

Hero

• Aug 25, 2005

• #6

IronWolf said:

Anything to confuse any bots or such that may be looking for me!

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Taken out of context, that sentence strikes me as pretty funny.

Paranoid much?

 

Dimwhit

Explorer

• Aug 25, 2005

• #7

I posted on email of mine on these boards a couple years ago in normal format. Within a few days, I got my first spam to that address (it was a unique email address--not my normal one). Within probably a month, I was getting 10-20 spams per day.

I won't make that mistake twice.

I've heard, though, that the bots are getting smarter, so that writing an email like me at whatever dot com isn't necessarily safe, either.

 

Mercule

Adventurer

• Aug 25, 2005

• #8

Bots. I go so far as to say "I use the same handle on Yahoo! mail." Which should be clear enough -- I think.

 

IronWolf

blank

• Aug 25, 2005

• #9

Joshua Dyal said:

Taken out of context, that sentence strikes me as pretty funny.

Paranoid much?

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Just a little!

 

Crothian

First Post

• Aug 25, 2005

• #10

IronWolf said:

Just a little!

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its not the bots you need to be scared of......