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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mercule" data-source="post: 868400" data-attributes="member: 5100">Depending on ISP and your activity level, this sounds fair to me.  It's also the reason why I no longer use MSN (my ISP was bought out, otherwise, I never would have tried it in the first place).  When I switched to MSN, it took me a couple of days to set up my computer for the new servers, etc. (it was Thanksgiving or something).  By the time I downloaded my first batch of email, I had 50+ spams, most for porn, viagra (I'm 30, try back in 30 years), or breast enhancements (I'm a _man_, the last thing I want to bigger breasts).  Needless to say, I hadn't been surfing the web in that time, so no one picked up my ID that way.  I hadn't even given out my email to friends and family.  I shudder to think what it would have been like if I'd kept MSN for very long.FWIW, I'm usually very carefull with me email address.  My current email was fine until I started doing some job searches.  Believe it or not, once I signed up for Monster, etc. I started getting a significant chunk of spam.  It's sad when you can't even give out your email when you're looking for a job.There's a reason I always use a pseudonym on the web.  I really don't care if most of the people on this board or the DnD-L know my real name.  You just never know who else is going to pick things up.</blockquote>