Changing email address — but how?

[Tom Kirshbaum]

Since I first used the Microsoft news server to contact the group,
like so many others, I've been getting twenty spams a day from phony
Microsoft sources. At least I assume they're phony.

I keep reading the advice to change my email address to put, say,
"invalid" or add "nospam" or something else to the address to thwart
spammers.

But how do I do that? As far as I can see, Entourage doesn't have any
option to change my email address or account when posting to the news
group. In a regular email message I can do that by creating a phony
account. But how do I do it in the news reader?

Tom Kirshbaum

 

[Diane Ross]

Since I first used the Microsoft news server to contact the group,
like so many others, I've been getting twenty spams a day from phony
Microsoft sources. At least I assume they're phony.

I keep reading the advice to change my email address to put, say,
"invalid" or add "nospam" or something else to the address to thwart
spammers.

But how do I do that? As far as I can see, Entourage doesn't have any
option to change my email address or account when posting to the news
group. In a regular email message I can do that by creating a phony
account. But how do I do it in the news reader?

Create a new account and name it something like nospam. For the email
address enter your fake nospam address. Now click on News tab and select the
new address for the Miscrosoft News Server.

You can't actually send or receive regular email with this account. Be sure
not to include it in your Send & Receive schedule.

 

[Tom Kirshbaum]

Ahhh. Blessed Relief! Thanks so much, Diane.

Tom

Create a new account and name it something like nospam. For the email
address enter your fake nospam address. Now click on News tab and select the
new address for the Miscrosoft News Server.

You can't actually send or receive regular email with this account. Be sure
not to include it in your Send & Receive schedule.