Tuesday, July 27, 2004
Been Awhile
Hmmm, it's been awhile since I've written anything here. Big changes in my personal life have occurred, but I'll try and get back with this.Spam - (not SPAM®, by the way). Lately I've been wondering why most of it is even sent. Is it just a contest now to see how much a person can flood the Internet with? Most spam doesn't even seem readible anymore. There'll be some cryptic misspelled text on top of a large random worded paragraph with a totally illegible subject.
Do these people really think I'll buy something from a place that can't even spell sale? Like I'm really going to buy a medical product from someplace that is advertising v*ag rXXa? And what's worse, how about those that must buy from a place like this. Is that sad or what?
Thankfully the government stepped in and made spam illegal. I'm sure that you have noticed just as much change in delivery of unsolicited commercial e-mail as I have. Prior to it being illegal I was doing good to see 10-30 spams a day. Since the government has stepped in, that is now down to 200-400 spams a day. Wait - that seems to be an increase doesn't it? Strange that the government should do something that doesn't work.
By the way, the included list is an actual printout of a chance screen grab of a list of my spam titles. Makes me want to rush right out and contact them.
2fers: Fighting spam and Eating SPAM®
