On 18 Jan 2001, 20:59, Brian L. Johnson wrote:
> I don't think the subject line is all that preposterous... Over the last
> couple months, I've been watching the spam I get, and about 40% of the
> spam I've been getting has been to one of my three Operamail addresses
> (which are all configured to forward to me)...
>
> Now since I don't use my Operamail addresses except to receive the
> researchbuzz newsletter on one of them (and I don't think whats-her-name
> is a spammer), it's probable that Operamail sells addresses
> to spammers.
I don't think Tara Calishain is a spammer, either, but I would not
trust any of her affiliates, such as moreover.com, whom she rececent
went into a partnership.
http://w.moreover.com/
I have some operamail accounts that receive a lot of spam; others
receive no spam at all. You know from your own experience that it
only takes one slip up to get your name into the various email
databases that are sold and shared among spammers.
I have never placed trust or held any free account I have to adhere to
a strick privacy code. I have enough Internet savvy to know that
nothing is truly free. There is a cost for everything. So if
suddenly an operamail account of mine started getting spam that did not
before, I would not get upset with that.
If that operamail account's spam ever becomes prohibitive to you, you
can abandon it and get another "clean" account. :-)
Alan
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