Bah, I don't know. I've always used mailto with my default e-mail address on websites and I've also always used that same (non-scrambled) address in Usenet pos

Bah, I don't know. I've always used mailto with my default e-mail address on websites and I've also always used that same (non-scrambled) address in Usenet postings. Spam has gotten less and less of an issue for me during the last decade due to improved techniques of battling it. It basically comes down to using a good ISP or webmail service that uses said techniques.