On Sun, 28 Jul 2002, Ruth Barton wrote:

> I get that too, along with ones for: increasing my PENIS size, a degree in
> most anything--but not historic preservation, all sorts of NATURAL herbs,
> and on and on.  As we are moving soon I have unsubbed from nearly all the
> lists I was on--just staying on here and one Alzheimer's disease list till
> the last minute.  I am still getting over 200 messages a day all but about
> 10 being junk.  I am changing internet providers when we move.  Hope it
> will take the junkies a while to catch up with me.  Ruth

Technically, they're "spammers" if they send unsolicited commercial email.

My email address has been out in public for a long time, so I get a lot of
spam.  June 2002 was my first thousand-spam month.  I have posted my
spams-per month statistics (inexorably rising from January 2002 to now) at
http://potifos.com/polygon/index.html#150144

My Nigerian Fraud Email gallery now has about 200 different examples:
http://potifos.com/fraud/ -- now you can comparison shop pigeon drops.

Another category of email annoyance is viruses.  I have received over
1,300 virus emails since the first of the year.

Wait -- Ruth, you're moving?  What is going to happen to your beautiful
old house in Vermont?

                                Larry

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