[PJ-Comix]

I used to get only about a 10 e-mails per day back in '96. Now I get over 100 e-mails per day, almost all of it Spam. Why do the Spammers even bother? I routinely delete all the Spam without once looking at it. I think the only folks who make money are the companies who sell Spam programs.

[RLK]

I routinely delete all the Spam without once looking at it.

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It builds up in your sequential files, even after you delete it.

[WindMinstrel]

Why do the Spammers even bother? I routinely delete all the Spam without once looking at it.

They bother because out of every hundred people they spam, only 90 of them delete the message without reading it. Out of every hundred who actually read it, they may make one or two sales. That adds up if you're sending thousands or millions of emails, right?

[mountaineer]

I also get dozens of spam messages a day and delete them without reading them - not just because I'm not interested in debt relief or penis enlargement, but because I fear viruses. My "block sender" list is at full capacity. I dread going out of town for any length of time, because I know when I get back not only my "junk mail" box but my regular inbox will be full to overflowing with this crap. Aughhh. Time to change addresses, I guess.

[alnick]

I downloaded a free program called Mail Washer. It allows you to designiate incoming emails as spam and delete them before they're downloaded onto your computer.

It also allows you to choose to bounce the messages back to the sender, as if your e-mail address doesn't exist. The theory is that in time your e-mail address will eventually be purged from lists as an invalid address.