Joan,

Just a side note here.  We are NOT a public list.
Both PCBUILD and PCSOFT are private mailing lists.
I think you may be confusing a mailing list with a newsgroup.

Newsgroups are open to the public, sort of like a bulletin board
in the hallway.  Anybody walking by can read the messages
and see who sent them.

Mailing lists (like ours) are distributed as individual pieces
of email sent directly to the members. Notice that this
message as well as every message you recieve
from our mailing lists, does not have a loooooong string
of email addresses in the TO or FROM sections of the
heading.  This is done deliberately to protect you.

Another way of looking at it, is that a newsgroup is
a central repository that anyone can access.  Whereas
a mailing list is redistribution center that resends
a copy of the "posted" message but only to the members
of the list.

You should also
If you would like a more detailed explanation, visit
http://nospin.com/pc/maillist.html
at our web site.

Your other comments about checkboxes on web sites
is right on the money.  Beware of any site that has
"What are your interests?" checkboxes.
That's almost a 100% guarantee that you will end up
on a spam list.

Jim Meagher
Staff Editor

----- Original Message -----
From: "Joan Wojcik" <[log in to unmask]>


> You wrote:
> >I receive a lot of spam that tells me, "The following message was sent to
> >you as an opt-in subscriber."  I never signed up for this and want to be
> >of it.  Does anyone know how I can get my name off???
>
>
> Hi There:
> There is a great article in the January PC World magazine about this
subject
> and I'm sure you can find it on line at >www.pcworld.com/downloads. The
> main thrust of the article is not to put your e-mail address out to public
> mailing lists, such as this. That is unfortunate since they are invaluable
> sources of help. They recommend that you "munge" your address and it also
> explains how to do this. Make sure when you download any software that you
> remove the default permission to send you updates and so on. Most people
> don't notice this feature on a lot of sites.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Joan
>
>              Do you want to signoff PCSOFT or just change to
>                     Digest mode - visit our web site:
>                     http://nospin.com/pc/pcsoft.html
>

             Do you want to signoff PCSOFT or just change to
                    Digest mode - visit our web site:
                    http://nospin.com/pc/pcsoft.html