Comments on: Canning spam ^ 2 http://www.yourish.com/2008/11/16/5626 Cutting straight to the point Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:59:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: chsw http://www.yourish.com/2008/11/16/5626/comment-page-1#comment-34365 chsw Sun, 16 Nov 2008 23:14:07 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/?p=5626#comment-34365 More (real) Spam?? Ugh! Feh! My parents had a bomb shelter full of it in the early- to mid-1960's. I think they left it when they sold that house and moved. chsw More (real) Spam?? Ugh! Feh! My parents had a bomb shelter full of it in the early- to mid-1960’s. I think they left it when they sold that house and moved.

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]]> By: Joseph Hertzlinger http://www.yourish.com/2008/11/16/5626/comment-page-1#comment-34361 Joseph Hertzlinger Sun, 16 Nov 2008 18:38:52 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/?p=5626#comment-34361 Will McColo insist on a bailout? Will McColo insist on a bailout?

]]> By: Tom Frank http://www.yourish.com/2008/11/16/5626/comment-page-1#comment-34359 Tom Frank Sun, 16 Nov 2008 17:18:51 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/?p=5626#comment-34359 The answer is simple - junk mail senders pay the government for the privilege of sending their advertising. Shound the gov't come up with a way of taxing us on email, electronic spam will become legal. The thing I don't understand is the spam I sometimes get from Russia - in Russian! I don't read the language, but I had a few pieces translated, and it is for real companies - tax accountants, movers, etc. I've never been there (and have no intention of going), nor do I have any actual dealings there other than a few ebay purchases. That's poorly targeted advertising. The answer is simple – junk mail senders pay the government for the privilege of sending their advertising. Shound the gov’t come up with a way of taxing us on email, electronic spam will become legal.

The thing I don’t understand is the spam I sometimes get from Russia – in Russian! I don’t read the language, but I had a few pieces translated, and it is for real companies – tax accountants, movers, etc. I’ve never been there (and have no intention of going), nor do I have any actual dealings there other than a few ebay purchases. That’s poorly targeted advertising.

]]> By: Meryl Yourish http://www.yourish.com/2008/11/16/5626/comment-page-1#comment-34356 Meryl Yourish Sun, 16 Nov 2008 16:01:00 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/?p=5626#comment-34356 So here's a question for everyone: Why is sending out spam illegal, but junk mail is not? Let's face it. If we applied the same routines to eliminating junk mail as we did to eliminating spam mail, there'd be whole forests of trees still alive today. But the direct advertisers have a hell of a lobby. So here’s a question for everyone: Why is sending out spam illegal, but junk mail is not?

Let’s face it. If we applied the same routines to eliminating junk mail as we did to eliminating spam mail, there’d be whole forests of trees still alive today.

But the direct advertisers have a hell of a lobby.

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