The spam thing is why sites should have a privacy policy and you should read it. Valid email addresses are theoretically valuable, yes, but the notion that absolutely everyone -- including known and active members of a community such as this one -- are going to spam you or sell your address to spammers is kind of paranoid. I hate spam with a holy purple passion and have invested a lot of time and energy into dealing with it, reporting it, and othewise making spammers' lives more difficult, and I'm very cautious about this sort of thing, but honestly, I would never hesitate to give informaiton to the website of someone who is known and established in the community. I just think they have better things to do with their time and energy than gather your email addresses for nefarious purposes. bonni

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