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[steve oliphant <steveo AT crecon.com>]

This is a really big problem. I have had my email address posted on my 
website since 1995. It must be in every spammers database out there. I 
get literally thousands of spam messages a day.

Because potential new clients contact me via email, I can't use the very 
best method, which is to:
1. filter mail from mailing lists (like this one) into their own folders
2. let my contacts know that to get hold of me, they have to add a 
nonsense word to the subject line - like "vanillasauce" - and then 
filter all emails with that in the subject line into my keep folder, and 
then:
3. delete everything else.

but instead, I am using thunderbird's junkmail option, multiple (20+) 
filters, and spending way too much time going through my email.

hmmm - after reading this, I see that I could use this. I would just 
need to let people know my nonsense word on the website amd anwhere I 
have my email address listed. Like on a business card. I can see it now:

Email: steveo AT crecon.com (please add the word 'vanillasauce' to the 
subject line to get through my spam filters)

If I can get that to fit on a business card.

Ok, I now remember why I haven't done this yet.

-Steve