>Incidentally, Pobox rated Jason <debacker>'s response 6/10 on the spam >scale, possibly because of the large number of words that often appear >in spam: `email addresses', `customers', `spam', `retailers', >`cheapest'
I took a look at the Pobox mail service and it seems very good for helping to prevent spam. >I don't know about you, but I rarely if ever get mail from any company >otherwise known to me unless I've done something positive to get it. I guess this depends on your tastes and your definition of spam. If spam is unsolicited email, then yes, I have recieved mail from companies that I did not specifically request and that I do enjoy their products- those companies are usually clear, however, in giving you the option to be removed from the list. I think AOL not only sells your screen name, but sites you vist, as I have recieved emails from fishing tackle companies who I have never before heard of. And perhaps you and I have different tastes than most people and therefore they enjoy those emails you would rather not hear about- maybe the median internet consumer does like these- some 80-85% of the business on the internet is from pornography sites. Something I would not like to recieve an email from, but obviously a large percentage of those making purchases on the net might. Jason
