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t8rs said: Well, I've just learned that signing up for a new e-mail addy is just what they want you to do. I found this article which is more than a year old: http://news.com.com/Porn+gets+spammers+past+Hotmail,+Yahoo+barriers/2100-1023_3-5207290.html They want your e-mail not to spam you but to use it to spam others! I'm guessing the "mailinator" would foil this process? Click to expand... You misunderstand the article. Your e-mail has nothing to do with it. They essentially want you to (unwittingly) help them bypass Hotmail security in order to set them up an account. It's a remarkably clever strategy.
