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July 21, 2003
Spam Removal Lists...

I've been embarking on a project over the last couple of weeks wherein (for one of my email addresses) I have been hitting the "unsubscribe me" option on every piece of spam I get. From porn, to mortgages, to high school diplomas, I have dilligently asked to be removed from every mailing list I appear to be on. After doing so, I am appologized to, and assured that the penis-enlargement scheme I was offerred will never be sent to me again.

After two weeks, I actually seem to be recieving more spam than I was before.
Posted at 5:32 PM | Comments (4)
Category: Internet



 Comments on this article:

That's because once you hit "Unsubscribe" they know your e-mail address is active, and are allowed to sell it as such :)

 Posted by: on July 21, 2003 10:03 PM

Yeah, that's what I was afraid of. Sheesh. Time to change addresses.

 Posted by: Nick on July 22, 2003 10:49 AM

Yikes.. I knew that when I hit "unsubscribe" that it was too good to be true. Like those timeshare presentations you sit through to win a trip to Vegas or the faxes that come through and say you can go to Disneyworld and the Bermuda Triangle for 12 nights for 200.00. Arghh!!!

 Posted by: maddy on July 22, 2003 6:51 PM

why am i getting all this spam?:
http://www.cdt.org/speech/spam/030319spamreport.shtml

useful. informed.

 Posted by: tom on August 21, 2003 5:22 AM