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Todd
French 
Registered User
(9/11/00 6:15:02 pm)
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Private
email - withheld names
Just wondering - why do some of the
board community choose to keep an email address private or "code"
their user ID so the rest of us do not know who they are? To me, in
a friendly forum of fellow cellists such as this, I would assume it
better to leave your name and email address - full disclosure, don't
you think?
Any thoughts?
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Laura
Wichers
Registered
User
(9/11/00 6:50:24 pm)
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Re:
Private email - withheld names
I'll always keep my name/email
'fully disclosed', but I have noticed that I seem to get quite a bit
of music-related spam. I think there are some companies/individuals
who find this board, copy the emails, and throw them on a mailing
list. I have gotten some interesting stuff from this, and really
it's not much of an irritant, but it may be a reason some choose to
stay anonymous.
-Laura
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lblake
Registered
User
(9/11/00 10:19:27 pm)
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Private email - withheld names
I removed my e-mail address because
when I put it here, I suddenly started receiving junk e-mail to that
address. Also, I believe I've heard (and absolutely believe it
possible) that there are actually programs out there that will go
out and search the internet for e-mail addresses and then use them
for spam. I assume that's what's happened to me.
And, about
my name, while I'm not very good at keeping personal details to a
minimum, I do usually have it in the back of my head. If, suppose,
someone were stalking me, and they were inclined to guess where I
might post messages on the internet - everything I write here is
archived, right? So, anything I reveal about myself could easily be
discovered here by a potentially undesirable party.
Am I
paranoid? Oh, yes, probably quite. Do I have reason to be? Oh, yes,
absolutely. (no need to go into that here, though.)
So,
that's why, Todd. It's not because of you guys. It's just because
it's a scary world out there, and certain measures make some of us
feel more secure, or in the matter of spam - some measures save us
some time (in deleting junk mail!!!).
Edited by lblake
at: 9/11/00 10:19:27 pm
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Joe
S
Registered
User
(9/11/00 11:37:36 pm)
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Re:
Private email - withheld names
In my case, there are others that
use the same address who do not want it broadcasted.
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ruthann
Registered User
(9/12/00 11:43:57 am)
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Re:
Private email - withheld names
How interesting!
My e-mail
is "private" because ezboard wouldn't let me change it. I do publish
my address at the end of each post so that I am readily available
for private comment. Interestingly enough, I don't get unsolicited
e-mail at that address.
I use my own name, I guess because
I'm not afraid of being associated with the opinions I express here.
Boy, didn't that sound pompous! I figure that if anyone from my
small town, or the festival orchestra cello section I regularly
participate in were to log on here, they would know who I am without
seeing my name. So I try to bite my tongue when tempted to vent some
of my nastier thoughts. I try not to say anything here that I
wouldn't say to someone's face. But I am pretty bold about what I'd
say to someone's face!!!
Hmm, now I'm off the subject, sort
of.
cello_suttonr@hotmail.com
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matthias24
Registered
User
(9/12/00 9:38:37 pm)
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Re:
Private email - withheld names
I'm not sure if my email is public
or not. Might be a good thing to know.
As for why I don't use
my real name for my User Name, is simply because I like "Matthias"
more than I like "Aaron." There is an abundance of Aaron's in this
world, and not too many Matthias's and I enjoy being unconventional.
(sometimes. other times, tradition is best.)Although, "Matthias" is
more plausible to be my actual name than some other people's user
names.
Plus, if my parents had any imagination at all, my name
would be different. The story is that they opened the book of baby
names to the first page, and "Aaron" being the first name they saw,
they stopped the search and settled on that. 
~ Aaron ~
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cellochris99
Registered User
(9/12/00 10:42:55 pm)
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Private email - withheld names
Actually, I would like to know how
to put my information on the ez-board profile. I don't know why it's
all blank.
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Todd
French
Registered User
(9/13/00 12:58:48 am)
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How
about 42, OyOy, Flyer23, etc?
Who are these mysterious code-named
folk of the board...?
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inta
stella
Registered
User
(9/13/00 4:03:53 am)
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i, too,
would like to doctor my ez-board profile,
though i am not a
seriously-mysterious code-named person, but have NO IDEA how to do
so. tips? please?
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JanJan
Registered
User
(9/13/00 6:28:05 am)
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Here's how
When you close this post, look above
the threads for "My Control Center" - it'll be on the left. Click on
that, enter your password, and then click on "Edit Preferences."
Then have fun changing whatever you want.
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42
Registered User
(9/13/00 2:38:28 pm)
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well....
I don't really have a good reason...
i'm just not a very public person..... I do however always sign my
real name to my e-mails(and my address is public).
---42...aka
Michael Corman
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