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  • Digipimp
    BP4L OT DL
    • Mar 2003
    • 13481

    #1

    Spam solutions, got any?

    You know what I've often wondered. We all know we all receive tons of junk mail to our home mailboxes courtesy of the USPS and no one is looking to outlaw that as of yet that I know of although some people bitch about it.

    With all of the technology that we have today is it not possible to incorporate a similar way of handling spam, your regular mail at home comes in an envelope now why is it not possible to incorportate a wrapper to spam that gives an indication of what one might expect to see when opening? So that children are protected and people who don't want spam can easily eliminate spam without having to be subjected to it totally. Would it not also increase effectiveness of it?

    Does anyone receive porn spam that isn't interested in porn and they buy because it's so convincing, I highly doubt it, so these people would be likely to open the "wrapper" if it indicated adult content was inside thus increasing effectiveness. It would save children from viewing at the expense of not knowing. And it could be a reasonable way to allow spamming to exist in a legal form. Of course there are always people that fuck this up, but I'm talking about as a whole, not the assholes.

    Is this just a really stupid ideas or could companies start to incorporate this idea on their own to fight the coming laws and regulation of spam to make it more friendly?
  • Swanks
    Marketing Consultant
    • May 2003
    • 811

    #2
    EXACTLY! This is something that definately needs to be addressed, yet these cocksuckers keep focussing on "Virtual Mail".
    Originally posted by wiredguy
    Having haters is a symbol that you've made it in this business
    WG

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    • Digipimp
      BP4L OT DL
      • Mar 2003
      • 13481

      #3
      This thread certainly took off and such an excellent idea I offered up too.

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      • fuzebox
        making it rain
        • Oct 2003
        • 22353

        #4
        That's the problem I have with spammers, not the large influx of mail, but the fact that the messages themselves just piss people off and don't meet their selling potential.

        Now that everyone is throwing in random gibberish to get past content analysis and all, it makes it even worse. Subjects are a big one, especially with porn. You're not going to offend someone giving them a work-from-home or preapproved credit card surprise message, but you are going to piss most people off sending them porn. If they're blocking subjects, than they're probably most likely not going to click your link anyway.

        FWIW, I work at a spam filtering company... I've seen it all ;)

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        • hostey_com
          Confirmed User
          • Oct 2003
          • 509

          #5
          If you have problems spamming, let me know I got solutions...
          Why search Google when you can search Thongle?

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          • Claude
            Confirmed User
            • Apr 2003
            • 1036

            #6
            Good point...

            Anyway, I use spampal.org - it´s pretty effective...

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            • Digipimp
              BP4L OT DL
              • Mar 2003
              • 13481

              #7
              If anyone were to do something wild and crazy like read this shit then they would know I wasn't asking how to solve my spam problems or looking for a good solution for me to use to spam people.

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              • struggle7
                Registered User
                • Dec 2003
                • 28

                #8
                Originally posted by fuzebox
                That's the problem I have with spammers, not the large influx of mail, but the fact that the messages themselves just piss people off and don't meet their selling potential.

                That is it. I keep gettiing spams with subjects of:

                hottest internet amateur
                hot Blowjobs Online
                nighttime affairs
                cheating wives

                over and over again once a day.

                And the kicker is that with HTML off it is two links, neither of which work - including the "opt out".

                What the hell is wrong with these people? It is nothing to me if I could simply click the link and REALLY be taken off the list and not have it sold to someone else. That's it. Even though I am in the adult industry I'm sure plenty think like me. To be honest, if I caught the guy doing this, I'd probably break his nose on the spot. No shit.

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                • AdultNex
                  Confirmed User
                  • Feb 2003
                  • 8985

                  #9
                  Originally posted by struggle7


                  That is it. I keep gettiing spams with subjects of:

                  hottest internet amateur
                  hot Blowjobs Online
                  nighttime affairs
                  cheating wives

                  over and over again once a day.

                  And the kicker is that with HTML off it is two links, neither of which work - including the "opt out".

                  What the hell is wrong with these people? It is nothing to me if I could simply click the link and REALLY be taken off the list and not have it sold to someone else. That's it. Even though I am in the adult industry I'm sure plenty think like me. To be honest, if I caught the guy doing this, I'd probably break his nose on the spot. No shit.
                  If you can't take care of spam by using an anti-spam software, you need to retake Internet for Newbies 101.

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                  • liquidmoe
                    Confirmed User
                    • Mar 2002
                    • 4994

                    #10
                    Actually I like this idea a lot, because I'm not exactly against the idea of spam, its just advertising and there is no way we can end it entirely, but if the spam I received was actually targeted towards my interests, not only would it not bother me as much, but the morons sending it to me would have a much better chance of making a sale.

                    Hrm, this is actually a very interesting idea.

                    Take Luck!

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                    • struggle7
                      Registered User
                      • Dec 2003
                      • 28

                      #11
                      Originally posted by AdultNex


                      If you can't take care of spam by using an anti-spam software, you need to retake Internet for Newbies 101.
                      I never said that I wasn't able to stop it. I don't need software. A simple addition to a filter will do. But that wasn't my point. My point was that I wouldn't care if he had a true working opt out. And his mailings do no one any good considering the links do not even work in non-html mode.

                      I do not block things until I have to though. I like to see who spams me within the industry just out of curiousity sake - who honors the opt outs, methods, products, etc. If someone spams me after I opt out for instance, I won't do business with them again because I consider them dirty. Plenty out there think the same I am sure.

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