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Originally posted by hghpaysbig@Aug 7 2003, 06:00 PM
I recently opted out of over half of my junk mail and guess what? I get half the mail so to get 2400 emails a day there must be a reason
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Oh, of course there's a reason. I'm not pretending not to understand where they come from and why.
I gave you the two key reasons. First off, I have email addresses mapped to my inbox that have been around over 10 years. And second, I do not actively hide my email address. And although I do not opt-in to lists or go for obvious gimmicks like contests, etc, I do buy stuff on the web. And we all know that whether they say they do or not, there are plenty of businesses, processors, etc who sell every address they obtain.
If you do not want spam, you have to protect your "real" address and not give it to anyone. However, it's tough to do business on the Internet if you make it tough for people to contact you.