Made Username Same As Email Address - Much Spam Received
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Let me get this straight: You have posted your email address on the WWW for all to see. And now you are cross because you are receiving spam.
Even if your posts are removed from LQ today (and I doubt they will be), it's far too late: the email-harvesting robots have already got your address, and it will be sold on to other spammers for many years to come. The damage is already done and cannot be un-done.
So you should kiss that email address goodbye.
Please be more careful in future.
The Conclusion
OP needs help, but LQ is supposed to be friendlier than the average. (Read Raymond & Moen on richly deserved flames.) Let's try a lighter touch, at least for a while.
Let me get this straight: You have posted your email address on the WWW for all to see. And now you are cross because you are receiving spam.
Even if your posts are removed from LQ today (and I doubt they will be), it's far too late: the email-harvesting robots have already got your address, and it will be sold on to other spammers for many years to come. The damage is already done and cannot be un-done.
So you should kiss that email address goodbye.
Please be more careful in future.
[Edit]Unnecessary comments removed [/Edit]
That is true. the damage is done. It happened to me before, and a new email was the only solution.
Saying "unsubscribe" was probably as useful as sending it a brick wall.
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