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Originally posted by Hooper:
The question wasn't "why is spam bad".
The question was "why do PEOPLE (aka joe q. surfer) take spam so personally while they don't take snail junk mail personally.
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I see that. Well, I'm changing the question, and if you don't like it, take it up with my attorney
Actually, you can deal with the regular mail ads simply by putting a "no junk mail" and "no flyers" notice on your mailbox. If anyone then ignores that notice and shoves crap in your mailbox, you can usually find out what delivery service they work for and call that company and get it remedied.
As for spam, you can put up the "unspammable email java code" on all your sites so bots cannot harvest your email addy, and you can figure out how to filter your email account, but you'll STILL get spam. Why? Because there are so many assholes and asshole-companies that have no morales or scruples, and they will sell your email addy every time you use it to sign up for anything. Try submitting your site using a search engine submission tool, and you'll find out the meaning of spam and why it's so fucking annoying.
I was away for 2 days last week, and when I got back I had over 300 emails sitting there, 90% of which were spam shit crap fuck. It took me a long time to sift through it all to find the messages that mattered to me, and all that time could have been better spent, believe me.
spam = stupid
In-fucking-deed.
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