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Regarding the SPAM many of us are getting .and our address's are coming from group...Hope this helps explain it. So, all you can do is just DELETE that mail...same as all other junk mAIL. jOANNE http://help./help/us/groups/members/members-03.html

Is it possible for a spammer to gather email addresses from ?

* IMPORTANT! PLEASE READ THIS ENTIRE PAGE.*Yes, it is possible. We do everything we can to make this difficult to do in an automated fashion, but if you use Groups, it is very likely that others users will be able to see your email address. What we do to protect your address: has built a system around the concept of preventing bulk "harvesting" of email addresses. There are several protections in place:

Non-members of a group never have access to the Members area. When members are given access to the Members area (a per-group option set by the moderator), they can only see profile information you've told us to display, and your truncated email address (e.g., "joe@x..."). Message archives on the web site display truncated email addresses (e.g., "joe@x..."). The Abuse Team takes abuse complaints seriously and will take action against abusers of the system. Important information about protecting your address:

Whever you join a group, your email address will be available to the owner and moderators of that group. Whenever you post a message to a group, your email address will be visible to those members of the group set to receive messages via email. If you are concerned about your email address being known to other members, we suggest you set up a special address for Groups using a service such as . Despite the significant resources we have allocated to prevent abuse of our system, spammers may eventually find ways to abuse our service. will continue to modify our site to prevent spam. Despite our best efforts, some abuse may occur.

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