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I have no problem with those who only send information to those who have requested it (and can cancel their requests easily). But the spammers should die slow and extremely painful deaths.
For everyone but the spammers themselves, it is a hugely inefficient form of marketing. Over 85% of internet mail is supposedly spam, and that costs the Internet community billions of dollars a year. According to an article I saw earlier this week, these extra costs amount to at least 20 times the most generous estimates of the spammers earnings.
Next time anyone is tempted to admire spammers as smart operators, consider that their method of doing business is a bit like a factory stealing electricity from the building next door. Except that we are all "the building next door"...
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