In article , Larry
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Peter Wiley wrote in
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result is that email is crippled as a method of reaching new people
since nearly everyone automatically kills all messages from unknown
addresses. People like you can do the same thing to n/gs.


Actually you CAN do something about your email spam problems. One good
place to list, which will clear out your post office box so YOU can use it
is:
http://www.junkbusters.com/
I've been listed on junkbusters for years. It's a legit free service run
by someone who got fed up with being inundated, too.

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My hotmail addy is legit & they scrub most of the spam. Only use I have
for hotmail, actually. Occasionally someone 'real' wants to write to me
so I don't actually run a whitelist, I just check the messages every
week or 2. If there's something interesting, I'll respond and maybe
give them my direct addy.

Works for me tho under different circumstances I'd do what you're doing.

As for phones, it's odd. I own a property in a big city. Heaps of cold
callers selling whatever. Also have a place I live most of the time
on a few acres next to a quiet bay, where I can keep a daysailer ready
to launch and a few kayaks about. That phone is listed in the book but
almost no cold calls. I've thought of pulling it out and just having a
cell phone, but not just yet. The day is coming tho, esp as work pays
for the cellphone :-)

PDW