(1) You can register for a Yahoo (free) email account with entirely fictitious "personal information". (2) Yahoo email has a spam filter that diverts SUSPECTED spam to a "Bulk" folder, which you can scan to rescue "false positives" before they are deleted. (3) You can access your Yahoo email ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD where you can long on to the internet. --Frank LeFever --- In NewPacifica@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Pamela Somers" <psomers1@...> wrote: > > I can appreciate the concerns of your friends, but it's easy enough > to use a yahoo address, as Terry suggests, and then they don't have > to worry about getting spammed at home. I use google mail now > for my lists and I have yet to be spammed. Google has excellent spam > filters. > > P > > > --- In NewPacifica@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Nalini Lasiewicz" > <LasiewiczN@> wrote: > > > > --- In NewPacifica@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Frank LeFever" <fflefever@> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Maybe _I_ am too pure and simple. I don't see why some people are > > > barricaded against setting up a Yahoo account. Can you explain > this > > > to me? > > > > > > --Frank LeFever > > > > > > > > > I've run into this over the years, where some of my (older) friends > > are still very paranoid about the internet. They use email, but > they > > have the highest spam blocker and they won't purchase anything > online > > and they won't subscribe to communities like Yahoo or Google or > > MySpace or YouTube because they don't trust the privacy issues and > > they don't want to get spam. It's a "big brother" fear. Once they > > get it into their mind that it's not safe to subscribe to lists, > they > > don't care what you have to say about it....people get set in their > > ways. I'll tell them, "you don't have to give your birthdate or > your > > home address" but that doesn't convince them. I think that the > > biggest fear is spam and that once your email address gets into the > > spammer regions, then it's impossible to stop it. Newsgroups are a > > place that spammers hack into, so it's not an unreasonable > concern. > > I belong to the e-list for Yahoo moderators and spam is really a > huge > > issue. > > > > Nalini > > >