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Spam Replacing Postal Junk Mail?
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?"
According to my email provides, my real address is 1 Microsoft Way.
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> My opinion of spam is the same as my opinion of viruses - if you ever get any it's your own fault.
Exactly! There is no reason for 99.8% of users to ever get a single spam.
Just don't be an idiot online, and you won't get any. I buy many things online, and am spam free - not through filtering, but because I used common sense.
Spam is only a problem because people *let* it be a problem, like so many other things in life, and then they go whining about the results. If you don't want spam, act in a way consistent with your wishes. It is simple and doesn't stop you from doing anything. If you are not willing to act in that way, then don't complain about the results.