My friend Mike Cherim recently posted an article about his experience with email spam. This got me thinking about all of the spam email that I receive, too.

I receive over 70% spam in my email. Maybe some day I will need all that Viagra, or all those penny stock tips, but for now I just push [Delete]. No harm, no foul, but I bet I miss an occassional legitimate email as I delete the numerous spam emails.

Come to think of it, though, I bet my postal mail is about 70% unsolicited garbage, too. Fortunately, it’s easier to delete the spam email than it is to process the postal spam. For me, this involves handling the postal mail, tearing off my address, shredding it in a cross-cut shredder and placing the mail in the Recycle container. Each week I take the recycled paper out to the curb so they trash men can collect it, recycle it, and have someone else send it to me in some future unsolicited postal mail.

I would be interested in hearing from others about their experience with email spam. Do you receive it? How do you deal with it and what do you do to protect yourself against it?

March 1st, 2007 | Web Stuff