On Mar 3, 9:07*am, "Larry L" wrote:


many of the people I'm trying to network only have a single e-mail from
their ISP, are very experienced fishermen but almost totally inexperienced
on the 'Net * * I know that it's hard for many of us old time 'net abusers
to believe, but trust me, there are still lots of people that find even
simple e-mail difficult to master.

as for the spam, I was wondering how much Google sells and abuses e-mail
addresses of 'groupers'

Indeed, very many people have considerable problems with lots of
things regarding computers. Just how it is. Some accept it, some do
not. If one accepts it, then one must also at least attempt to become
conversant with it, or one simply does not have the utility.

No idea whether Google sells addresses. I would think not, they don't
need to. I, and members of the (Google) groups I run or use don't get
any spam. It is also impossible for anybody to spam a restricted
access group.

The only real solution to these things is to "suck it and see". All
depends on what you want. I certainly would not even attempt to use
Facebook, or any of the similar "Social networks", for any sensible
purpose, or indeed any purpose at all, as I can't see any point in
doing so, but obviously some people like these things. Again, it
depends on what you want.

TL
MC