spam/avoidance of

Jerome Fine replies: I just suggested adding 4 random characters (36 ** 4 = 1,679,616) to my e-mail address. In your case <cisinpr5a(a)xenosoft.com> could be an example. When too much spam starts to find your way, then change. A fall back (either permanent or just when the current one is deactivated) is to replace the 4 characters in front of @ with the current 4 digit year. So my reply e-mail address could be <jhfinec6kz(a)idirect.com> with a fall back of <jhfine2001(a)idirect.com> up until the end of last month. This year would be the next value. This would not work if everyone used the same replacement characters, but that could be any simple description without actually naming it so the letters could be picked out by a search program. The benefit of the 4 digit year is that it changes automatically every twelve months. Is that sufficient? And if only a few thousand individuals use it right now, it should be very effective just for us if we don't advertise it. I am probably going to change ISP shortly and I will need a new e-mail address in any case. So I would like to be more prepared? Any one else also have a suggestion? Sincerely yours, Jerome Fine