Well, hopefully I can spring a few trapdoors
Now that you mention it, I checked my ezboard profile and saw that I had the "publicize Email address" option checked. (clicking it off.)
Before I start prowling, though, I am going to wait a little while to see if Microsoft themselves spams me...
Hmmm, another plausible hypothesis is that now that Google is back with dejanews postings, spamsters might be trying to harvest from old newsgroup postings. Wonder if Google has antispam measures in place?
Rest in peace, Jeremy, Mark, Thomas, and whoever else who helped overpower the hijackers on Flight 93.