SPAM!

Three traceroutes for the Cabal Lords over the Net
Seven for the sysops in their cubes of stone
Nine for feeble Pinks who don't get it yet
One for the Dark "Bob" on his porcelain Throne
In the Land of Usenet, Where the Spammers Lie.
One "Bob" to fool them all, one Pipe to smoke them,
One S.P.U.T.U.M. to trace them all, and in the darkness choke them
In the land of Usenet, Where the Spammers Lie.

Many of the problems associated with SPAM are discussed on the (high volume) SPAM-L list.
The FAQ reference is: http://oasis.ot.com/~dmuth/spam-l/.

Instructions on subscribing: http://oasis.ot.com/~dmuth/spam-l/#spam-l-subscribe.

Relevent documents include Garbage In: Emerging Media and Regulation of Unsolicited Commercial Solicitations" by Michael W. Carroll.

Speaking of spam...Like many others, I sometimes get some very odd email.. Fortunately, I don't keep much of it, and some of it has been removed from here for legal reasons. Still, I bet that you have enough of your own.

Worried about heart disease? Some people want to scare you into buying their products

Do you want loads of money? You do? Well, don't bother looking for it online.

And then there's sex and porn... Not interested in sex? Short of towels?

These days (post 1999), I get so much spam that I just killefile it. Perhaps someday I'll write some code to sort thru my trash file and then I can archive loads more of it here. Perhaps not.

Meanwhile...Can spam ever be justified?

SPAM DELENDUM EST!

"You're Postmodern, they're Posthuman, I'm Postman Tat."
Postman Spam