That example is quite common within academic context: most of the researchers and professors I know, who have a university homepage, use this. I guess its bec

That example is quite common within academic context: most of the researchers and professors I know, who have a university homepage, use this. I guess its because they do want legitimate people to reach them easily (students, collaborators etc) and if spams do go through — well they'd probably ignore it, just like they ignore other emails.