Ryan Ginstrom wrote:

> Then a little while ago, I posted my email address in the clear on an alt
> group. Literally within minutes, I got my first virus laden MS patch. Since
> then I've gotten about 2-5 virus emails per day, and 5-10 spams. Not
> unmanageable, but the speed of the response was surprising.
> 
> 
I unmunged for a total of three posts (an accident while I was
reconfiguring my newsreader). This account leapt from 1 or 2 spam
e-mails a week to over 10 a day.

KWW