Hunting The Muse

Spam Rejection

You know, I think there should be some research done into the psychological impact of spam on people who spend a lot of time online.

I just recently went through some reorganization with my email accounts. I had one of my domain names set to accept mail sent to anyone at that domain name and forward it to me - it was just getting slammed with spam. I also had another email address that was a spam magnet and had recently stopped serving any other purpose because everyone that knows me knows to contact me through a different address.

I changed both of them. Now the first is getting a less spam, and the second one is entirely turned off. I'm getting several hundred less spams every day thanks to picking that low-hanging fruit.

The effect? Well, now often times when I check my mail, I actually get no mail. And I have less folders in my mailer. It's odd, it's like there's a lot more space in my "communications with others" sphere. It's silly, but in contrast, it's kind of lonely.

Maybe I'll go write some replies on usenet or sign some online petitions or something... find me some more spamlove...

Posted by Curt at May 1, 2004 04:20 PM