I Want To Know How Link Exchange Managers Find Out My Email Id

[tenzin]

i've been wondering from many days regarding this. actually, i have an email id seocnc@gmail.com and many link exchangers from india have added it for link exchange. so, i have been wondering how do they get the id. i asked them but they have been saying that they got it from frens or forwarded mails.... so, anybody, any idea regarding how one can get email ids of link exchangers for link exchange purpose?

for the above query, i have been getting comments like following:

So - are you asking us how to create a list of people you can spam?  If so - you are definately at the wrong forum.

You mean in the way you have just made it public in this thread for every spambot & scraper to get and send you more spam??

actually, from what i've felt, i think its a good idea. they show their sites and we show our sites. and if their site and ours are related and have good pr(satisfied with each other's site's status), then exchanging link is a good idea. i guess i am wrong once again.... so, please correct me... and is it a good idea to keep a page for link exchange on a good site(not a spam site). or is it better to give it the name "related sites" or is it better not to include those at all?? please advise... thanks....

[Runge]

Most spammers use email harvesting softwares.
These softwares can find, harvest, extract and collect emails from the web, make a bulk mail list, and send them mails / spams.

If you're looking for link partners, you can make use of directories or networking sites to search for related businesses or simply use search engines by querying your keywords.
This method is more tasking but also more acceptable than the first.

[tenzin]

thanks runge for sharing your knowledge....