TwoLeftNeedles
04-26-2006, 08:19 PM
I gave legit information on KH's registration page because it wasn't overly nosy or intrusive, but boy do I resent it when places like Lion's Brand want me to register. You know it is so they can spam you to death and sell/give your email address to other spammers too.
One way around this is to use BugMeNot (http://www.bugmenot.com/) where people who have already registered (probably with bogus information) share user names and passwords. This won't work on a forum where you need a unique user name to post, but it's great for reading a newspaper article or downloading a pattern from lion brand.
Another trick is to give bogus address information and an email of whatever@dodgeit.com Then go to www.dodgeit.com (http://www.dodgeit.com/) and look for the registration confirmation email. It's free, receive only email that gets trashed automatically after 7 days. So they can spam that email all they want -- I never see it.
One way around this is to use BugMeNot (http://www.bugmenot.com/) where people who have already registered (probably with bogus information) share user names and passwords. This won't work on a forum where you need a unique user name to post, but it's great for reading a newspaper article or downloading a pattern from lion brand.
Another trick is to give bogus address information and an email of whatever@dodgeit.com Then go to www.dodgeit.com (http://www.dodgeit.com/) and look for the registration confirmation email. It's free, receive only email that gets trashed automatically after 7 days. So they can spam that email all they want -- I never see it.