"Oh yah, and if you don't like receiving "spam", use a web-based service, such as G-mail, with filters and forwarding, employ temporary re-directors, such as TrashMail, and, if you must post a permanent e-mail address, do so in such a way as it's not "machine readable"."

The problem with using web-based services is that any remotely sane spam filter will rate your messages as "99%-definite spam" as soon as they see that address. *You* may be using that address so that you can dump it as soon as it starts to attract spam. *Others* are using that address so that they can dump it as soon as it gets blocked. G-mail is part of the problem.