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Originally posted by Esbee
Out of curiosity, what magical harvester out there is able to identify a kid's email address versus, say, mine? I have work email accounts (non-adult) that sure as shit haven't signed up with any membership sites and, like clockwork, get hammered by programs who happily post in this forum.
This industry is practically begging for government regulation because it can't regulate itself. The only group capable of some form of regulation, the sponsor programs, can't see past the short term dollars.
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Who's harvesting?
harvested emails aren't effective
I'm sure there are spammers out there with harvesters, but most bulkmailers have opt-in lists and the remove lists are much more valuable than the mail lists.
Um, this industry is begging for regulation because it's the porn industry. They aren't going after the mortgage industries and I get TONS more spam from mortgage companies than I do porn spam. I'd bet less than 5% of my spam is porn spam. These are just the spams people remember.
Short term dollars? Um, you do realize most every early program was built on spam several year ago and most are still going strong. Hardly short term.
OK, let's say for giggles you are a sponsor program, would you take 100 signups per day from a mailer who might cause you a little heat but won't be begging to have thier hand held, won't cry about shaving after a bad run, won't bitch about payouts, won't beg for free content and hosting and will send members that retain longer or 5 per day from someone submitting to major TGPs?
This is why most programs who do allow mail traffic also watch the traffic. If some guy is just blind spamming, his heat with be high and he'll just bring trouble, but a known bulkmailer who has working remove links, emails that opted in somewhere, etc. is something most programs have or want.
Do all mailers follow the "rules"? Of course not.
Also, if you're not in this business for the money, wy be in it? To look at naked chicks all day? Everyone has their own moral line in the sand. Some people just have longer, deeper dug lines ;-)