"Mitch! Why Is Your Email Address So @#$#@% Hard To Use? - I've had a few emails asking why my email on this page is so cryptic (shotindark - (at) - mitchberg - (dot) - com). "Why don't you just post a link?"
Because spambots these days roam the web looking for valid email addresses (name@domain.com) to use for spam.
When I changed to the mitchberg.com domain, and revamped ALL my email, my spam count dropped to nearly zero. And it stayed there...
...until somebody crossposted my private email to a dozen or so email discussion groups. Some of them are apparently not spambot-proof. My spam count since October 24 has gone from "Roughly Zero" to "Dozens, maybe a hundred a day" on my main email account.
Thanks!
Posted by Mitch at November 15, 2003 09:26 AM