Of course the Government doesnt monitor your online activity

[GoldenRivet]

Originally Posted by nikimcbee

Just use a bogus name when you order stuff, or sign up for stuff. That's how I track who's selling my name. My biggest sorce of junk mail comes from the Military bookclub. Rocky McBee gets some pretty cool junkmail though.

well the thread originally refers to the United States postal service delivering to my flesh and blood address... but the same applies to email too.

the best thing to do is to create a phantom e mail.

when you sign up for internet service... create a primary e mail address and a "phantom" address.

e mail all your relatives, friends, associates etc with the primary address.

use the "phantom" address only for internet orders etc.

i also recommend Gmail.

i have used a primary address through g mail since it first came out... since then i have only received perhaps half a dozen spam messages in that time frame.