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Spam Replacing Postal Junk Mail?

Posted by kdawson on from the connecting-the-dots dept.

TheOtherChimeraTwin writes "I've been getting spam from mainstream companies that I do business with, which is odd because I didn't give those companies my email address. It is doubly strange because the address they are using is a special-purpose one that I wouldn't give out to any business. Apparently knotice.com ('Direct Digital Marketing Solutions') and postalconnect.net aka emsnetwork.net (an Equifax Marketing Service Product with the ironic name 'Permission!') are somehow collecting email addresses and connecting them with postal addresses, allowing companies to send email instead of postal mail. Has anyone else encountered this slimy practice or know how they are harvesting email addresses?"

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  1. What I do... by Mr.+Conrad · · Score: 5, Funny

    I just handle electronic spam like normal junk mail. Hit Ctrl+P and then throw the damn thing away. Good riddance.

  2. Re:I had enough by nomadic · · Score: 5, Funny

    I have 13 e-mail addresses. E-mail the public one, and you get sent a riddle, which if you answer correctly gets you the next e-mail address. Each riddle is more fiendish than the last, and nobody has reached the 13th e-mail address.