Change email for postings

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NWGuy

How do I change my email address in Entourage so that it's not posted or
accessible to those spam scanners that are looking for email addresses on
newsgroups? Thanks.
 
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NWGuy

How do I change my email address in Entourage so that it's not posted or
accessible to those spam scanners that are looking for email addresses on
newsgroups? Thanks.
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Hmmm. See, the sending of the email with the changes name is not a problem.
It obviously came through to this newsgroup fine. The problem is now that I
can no longer receive email from my hotmail account in Entourage. It doesn't
recognize my email address in the account settings since I added the
"removethis" parts. Advice welcome!
 
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Diane Ross

How do I change my email address in Entourage so that it's not posted or
accessible to those spam scanners that are looking for email addresses on
newsgroups? Thanks.
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Create a new account and name it something like nospam. For the email
address enter your fake nospam address. Now click on News tab and select the
new address for the Miscrosoft News Server.

You can't actually send or receive regular email with this account. Be sure
not to include it in your Send & Receive schedule.
 
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Diane Ross

Nothing? I'd still appreciate hearing from someone on how to fix this.
Thanks!
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To create an alternate send-only POP account to use as the email account for
the MS news server:

In Tools/Accounts/Mail, make a new POP account. Enter your real name and a
false email address. Do not enter _anything_ in the POP mail
server/receiving area. Enter your real SMTP server in the sending area. (If
your ISP requires authentication, click "Advanced sending options, and enter
your password there.) Click OK, and again when you're warned that you didn't
enter any POP server.

Now in Accounts/News/Microsoft News Server, make this spoof account the
email account for the news account, and all will be fine.
You can't
actually send or receive regular email with this account. Be sure not to
include it in your Send & Receive schedule.
 
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