I thought that I should set the record straight as to why I don't
subscribe. There are two reasons.
The first is my health. It is not uncommon for me to be unable to
access my email for periods of up to a month because of ill health.
This means a load of email that can (on occasions) completely overload
my in-box. It is easier to check the archives when I am well.
The second reason was the number of viruses that I was receiving from
Birding-aus subscribers. I had my virus checker updated daily and my
firewall was generally on so there weren't many times I actually got
caught but once is enough.
I solved all those problems by switching to an Apple. And yes, I do
run a virus checker to protect those who run PC"s from anything I might
pass on.
As far as spam is concerned, I once ran two aliases on Birding-aus.
(Night Parrot was NOT one of them.) I never received one spam message
separate from what also appeared on the archives at either address.
There was certainly no "harvesting" of my address from Birding-aus.
I use a spam filter of my own and have been since November. All spam
is caught and placed in a folder for me to check. I have not had one
wanted message deleted out during that period of time and only have had
one or two a week slip through to my general folder.
Cheers
Terry Pacey
Gold Coast Qld
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