Ed Huntress scribed in :
too late. you'll get spam at that address FOREVER.
I had one of mine up too. took it off, no change, changed it, still comes. the server rejects mail on that address every day. likewise for my predecessor who left in 1993,a nd a vairiety of other people who have come and gone from this place. email address in spammers hands never die because they never see the bounce messages because they NEVER have a valid return address.
I postulate that if we ALL try to activly kill spam and NEVER buy anything, it WILL go AWAY as a natural market force.
for myself, I'd like to just give spammers a little tip. please sort by country codes. I don't live in the USA or Canada, and will never buy anything from there from here, as it is way too expensive. so just filter me out, ok.... .ZA is nowhere near you