I've found that email addresses that do not get used on commercial sites at all - in other words, they will not be put on a list that will be sold - are pretty much immune to this. The host doesn't seem to matter. I have a Yahoo and a Gmail account that each have never seen a piece of spam because of what I use them for.
When the boys are old enough, I'll set something up for them similar, I'm sure. The major hosts aren't allowed to sell your information without your consent. If that changes, I'll rethink then, I guess.
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