Responding To Spam Might Not Get You More Spam
from the well,-that's-useless dept
In one of the more useless studies done by the FTC they've determined that, possibly contrary to popular wisdom, responding to spam might not mean you'll end up with more spam. Of course, I've heard enough anecdotal stories not to believe this. Also, they never say that responding to spam will ever actually mean you'll get less spam (or even removed from a single list) - so you probably still shouldn't respond. In most cases, not surprisingly, the "unsubscribe" address is simply not a valid email address.
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the best $3/month I spend....
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