In article <ber82i$mna$1@newsg3.svr.pol.co.uk>, spam?@nothanks.co.uk 
says...
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> "Dave Plowman" <dave.sound@argonet.co.uk> wrote
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>  >     Dave Plowman     dave.sound@argonet.co.uk     London SW 12
> >      RIP Acorn
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> Is there any particular reason why you post your email address, in full and
> un-munged, on a Usenet group?
> 
> Are you particularly fond of receiving spam?
> 

Most (if not all) spam comes from the headers of the posting, not the body 
itself. Otherwise, the spammers would have to download all the bodies, 
which takes longer than just the headers.

As a test, I'm including a valid throwaway address in my sig, to see if I 
get any mail to it.

Pete.

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pete_newsbody@lethe.org.uk is a spam testing address.