[Air-l] Spamming, and shotgun accuracy

Ewa Callahan ecallaha at indiana.edu
Tue Mar 26 10:24:19 PST 2002


Is anyone aware of studies on how people read junk mail and junk e-mail?

Similarly like Danyel I am getting junk mail which in 90% should not be
addressed to me, which makes me feel I bit secure that all the talking
about soon to be targeted advertising based on electronic profile is still
far away.

Ewa Callahan


On Tue, 26 Mar 2002, Danyel Fisher wrote:

> Today, my spam-catching hotmail inbox shows messages addressed to...
> 
>     * aspiring writers
>     * refinancing homeowners
>     * parents of small children
>     * someone dating a girl named "jenny"
>     * someone with plans to have dinner with "sandy"
>     * diabetics
> 
> Now, I am actually none-of-the-above. But I would imagine that a message





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