Hello again,

I'd like to clarify my previous email about email address privacy
on the Breakdown list:

Your email address is *not* visible to *anyone* (members or
non-members) when viewing messenges on the Yahoo Groups
website. It is, however, visible to *members* who receive the
messenges by regular email. If you wish to hide your email from
these particular members, you can do so on the Group
homepage.

So it is *possible* but not very likely the member who told me he
was receiving a lot of spam had his email address revealed by
being a Yahoo Groups member. But in my opinion, this is a
relatively low-risk online service, and he could be getting spam
from any number of sources. In my own case, I have no reason
to think any spam I receive is because of Yahoo Groups.

As with any email list, it's a good idea to use a disposable
account like one from Yahoo or Hotmail.

best,
Chad Ossman
http://www.fringedigital.com





--- In breakdown@y..., "chad_ossman" <clo@f...> wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I'm the moderator of the Breakdown Yahoo group. At least one
> person reports receiving a lot of spam after joining, so I've
> activated a feature that allows members to hide their email
> addresses. You can set this option yourself by going to
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/breakdown and editing your
> membership preferences.
>
> If you choose to hide your email address, you can still
participate
> fully, but you have to use the web interface
> (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/breakdown) instead of regular
> email.
>
> Sorry if anyone's been getting flooded with junk email -- I
myself
> have seen an increase lately. My fault for not knowing about
this
> sooner.
>
> best,
> Chad Ossman
> http://www.fringedigital.com