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Opting Out Increases Spam?

Posted by timothy on from the damned-either-way dept.

J. L. Tympanum writes "I used to ignore spam but recently I have been using the opt-out feature. Now I get more spam than ever, especially of the Nigerian scam (and related) types. The latter has gone from almost none to several a day. Was I a fool for opting out? Is my email address being harvested when I opt out? Has anybody had similar experience?"

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  1. Re:Validation by Pig+Hogger · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You've validated to the spammers that your email address is being actively read, and that you actually READ spam. You have confirmed to them that you are an excellent use of their resources.

    Er, no. Spammers ARE users of OUR ressources.

    Spam is theft, theft of OUR bandwidth and OUR mail server space, cpu time and time.

  2. Re:Validation by ChrisMP1 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    YOU seem TO like BOLD text. May I introduce YOU to a NEW way OF typing? Let your WORDS speak FOR themSELVES; bold text JUST makes you SOUND annoying.

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  3. Why... by lord_sarpedon · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Why the fuck is this on Slashdot?

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