Originally Posted by Dooby

if you have your own domain name registered, you can do something to at least allow you to trace the origin of the 'leak' of your email...
whenever I sign up to anything, i use an email address that is descriptive of teh thing i am signing up for ( i.e. nthellworld.co.uk@<my domain>)
it doesnt stop the spam, but if I then get some pr0n spam to my nthellworld.co.uk@ address, I know whos arse to kick LOL
you can do something similar if you dont have your own domain by using temporary hotmail etc accounts when you are suspicious of the thing you are signing up for...but the domain thing is easier...
if you get a load of spam to a particular email you can just 'disable' the user account for that email address too, so it all bounces...