> is that the minute that you post to a newsgroup (or post to a list > that is gated to a newsgroup), your address is added to dozens of > spammer lists, since the spammers find the newsgroups to be such a Back in December '97 I switched from an edu to a com account. While getting everything set up so I could use the new account for list business I posted items to my gatewayed list, about the pending change in my address. Within a couple of days I was getting offensive spam sent directly to my brand new private account. My ISP does NOT sell its subscription list. Both my ISP adminsitrator and I have checked on this (Altavista, etc.) and everything points back to the list with the usenet gateway (REV of the list is restricted to the owners). Douglas