Argh *&@^% Spam!

There’s an article over at “Smashing Magazine” about preventing spam by hiding your email address. You can check out the full article here.

I’ve had an email address visible on this blog for a while just to see what would happen and…. nothing. No Spam. Nada. I’ve encrypted it now all the same, but I found it weird that it was never picked up (not that I found out anyway).

So, what I want to know is, how come I get tonnes of spam to my GMail account which has only been given to trusted people? How the heck did the scumbag spammers figure out my email address? It’s not like my name is particulary easy to guess I would have thought.

At SpamPrimer.com they say:

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I’ve searched for my GMail address, and nothing. Curiouser and Curioser as Alice said the the Rabbit (or it could have been the Mad Hatter, I can never remember!).

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However they found it, it’s really rather annoying. Especially as I can’t see myself needing a penis enlargement.

Is it just me or has anyone else with a GMail Account noticed this?

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Katy is always trying to be more productive one day at a time! Whether it's analogue, digital, motivational or psychological who'll try any system that will help her get things done and get organised. As well as running FlippingHeck.com, she also loves making music and reviewing things.

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